So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEIf we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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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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Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
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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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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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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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There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take it.
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When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.
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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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Fanaticism is governed by imagination rather than judgment.
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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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