People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
HENRY WARD BEECHERAll 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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