there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIntemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.
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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, “Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
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It lies around us like a cloud- A world we do not see; Yet the sweet closing of an eye May bring us there to be.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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It is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best regulated administration of slavery.
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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.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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One part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people’s alone.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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