Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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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Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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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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Spreading Christianity abroad is sometimes an excuse for not having it at home.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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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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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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Adversity, 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.
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Christianity is simply the ideal form of manhood represented to us by Jesus Christ.
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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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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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