Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Involved sentences, crooked, circuitous, and parenthetical, no matter how musically they may be balanced, are prejudicial to a facile understanding of the truth.
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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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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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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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Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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