The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWell married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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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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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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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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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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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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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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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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