The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhat I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him.
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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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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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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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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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