The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThat is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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I beseech you to correct one fault – severe speech of others; never speak evil of any man, no matter what the facts may be.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness — or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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