When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
HENRY WARD BEECHERChristianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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Be a hard master to yourself – and be lenient to everybody else.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.
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God has made sleep to be a sponge by which to rub out fatigue. A man’s roots are planted in night as in a soil.
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Blessed are they who know how to shine on one’s gloom with their cheer.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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The human soul is God’s treasury, out of which he coins unspeakable riches.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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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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