To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA 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.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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In the early ages men ruled by strength; now they rule by brain, and so long as there is only one man in the world who can think and plan, he will stand head and shoulders above him who cannot.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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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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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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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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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.
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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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A man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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