Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
HENRY WARD BEECHERPushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.
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You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
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Intelligence increases mere physical ability one half. The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands.
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Everyone has influence, for good or bad, upon others.
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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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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
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A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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As warmth makes even glaciers trickle, and opens streams in the ribs of frozen mountains, so the heart knows the full flow and life of its grief only when it begins to melt and pass away.
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