Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhere is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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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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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Downright admonition, as a rule, is too blunt for the recipient.
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Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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