I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
HENRY WARD BEECHERTrue elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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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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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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Faith is spiritualized imagination.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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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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God sends experience to paint men’s portraits.
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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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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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