Nothing dies so hard, or rallies so often as intolerance.
HENRY WARD BEECHERHold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Whatever is almost true is quite false, and among the most dangerous of errors, because being so near truth, it is more likely to lead astray.
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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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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep-burning, unquenchable.
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A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It’s jolted by every pebble on the road.
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To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world’s joy.
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