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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEMoney is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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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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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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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 truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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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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All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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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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