No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
HENRY WARD BEECHERPushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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To array a man’s will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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It is defeat that turns bone to flint; it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle; it is defeat that makes men invincible. Do not then be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?
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Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
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That was a judicious mother who said, “I obey my children for the first year of their lives, but ever after I expect them to obey me.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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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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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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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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You are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
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If a man can have only one kind of sense, let him have common sense. If he has that and uncommon sense too, he is not far from genius.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Do not give, as many rich men do, like a hen that lays her eggs and then cackles.
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