Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.
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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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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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We are but a point, a single comma, and God is the literature of eternity.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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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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The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
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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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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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