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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWETo do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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True love ennobles and dignifies the material labors of life; and homely services rendered for love’s sake have in them a poetry that is immortal.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
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I did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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There is more done with pens than with swords.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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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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Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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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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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
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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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