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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

Henry Ward Beecher

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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Correct Fact Man Mistake
If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Place Road Ruin Yourself
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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Deep Exploration Ourselves Soul Thinking Wonderful
Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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Change Culture Education Goodness Size Sort
If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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Far Genius Kind Man
A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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Angry Dignity Evil Goodness Man
A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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Book Growth Honor Library
I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Bad Complain Early Hard Work Honesty Luck Rise
“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Forget Forgiveness Myself Way
The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Church Education Exhibition Gallery Imperfection Oneself
Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Cleaning Close Cloud Earth Instrument Purify Sorrow Storm
It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Bone Defeat Man Muscle Reason
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Access Door Each Other Reach Right
I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Doctor More Sun Thinking
The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Excuse Himself Man Reality
The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
HENRY WARD BEECHER

Difference Oneself Perseverance Strong Willing

To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.

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