So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEI did not write it. God wrote it. I merely did his dictation.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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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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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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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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Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
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Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life’s undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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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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There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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A woman’s health is her capital.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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