Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
HENRY WARD BEECHERIt is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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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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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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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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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.
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There is a power in the human mind to see things as they are but there is equally a power to see things as they might be.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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A man in the right, with God on his side, is in the majority, though he be alone, for God is multitudinous above all populations of the earth.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.
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