Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIf you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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It is no merit in the sorrowful that they weep, or to the oppressed and smothering that they gasp and struggle, not to me, that I must speak for the oppressed – who cannot speak for themselves.
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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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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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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.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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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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If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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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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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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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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