I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
HENRY WARD BEECHERPeople may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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Happiness is not the end of life: character is.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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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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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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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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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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