Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHe that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Do not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near victory as when you are defeated in a good cause.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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A conservative young man has wound up his life before it was unreeled. We expect old men to be conservative but when a nation’s young men are so, its funeral bell is already rung.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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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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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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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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