there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWETrue 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.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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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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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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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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Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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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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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
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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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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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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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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 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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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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