The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEI never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of its preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or less extent, what shall be the health of that family.
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It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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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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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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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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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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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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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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