What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe meanest thing in the world is the devil.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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We need not fear shipwreck when God is the pilot.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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To the great tree-loving fraternity we belong. We love trees with universal and unfeigned love, and all things that do grow under them or around them – the whole leaf and root tribe.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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A world without a Sabbath would be like a man without a smile, like summer without flowers, and like a homestead without a garden. It is the most joyous day of the week.
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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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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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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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