Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
HENRY WARD BEECHERWhere is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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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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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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It’s easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.
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