A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
HENRY WARD BEECHERAdversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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It will not do to be saints at meeting and sinners everywhere else.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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It is for men to choose whether they will govern themselves or be governed.
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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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The sphere that is deepest, most unexplored, and most unfathomable, the wonder and glory of God’s thought and hand, is our own soul!
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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