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Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Blame Inspirational Necessary Praise Sunshine Time
Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Goodness Grace Grade Praise Silence Sin Virtue
I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Book Myself People Slave
It is one mark of a superior mind to understand and be influenced by the superiority of others.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Influence Mark Mindset Oneself Superiority
There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take it.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Class Generosity Human Love World
The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Decision Drink Family Food Greatness Health Person Preparation
Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Better Choice Cold Dog Happiness Human Sleep
What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Circle Goodness Greatness Ordinary Quality Soul View
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Beautiful Old Wake Up Woman Young
In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Black Equality Forever Grasp Hands
My vocation to preach on paper.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Myself Paper Talk Voice
If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Cold Friendship Love Selfish True
Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Abuse Essence Slave Talk
The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Busy Exception Marriage Woman World
O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Heart Human Told World
If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Fall In Love Husband Love Yourself