Love is the river of life in this world.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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