Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEFriendships are discovered rather than made.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
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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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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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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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