The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHappiness is not the end of life: character is.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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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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Education is only like good culture,–it changes the size, but not the sort.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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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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A man’s character is the reality of himself; his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him; character resides in him, reputation in other people; that is the substance, this is the shadow.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hard put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
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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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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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