The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
HENRY WARD BEECHER“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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Laws and institutions, like clocks, must occasionally be cleaned, wound up, and set to true time.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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Home should be the center of joy, equatorial and tropical.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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We never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
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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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Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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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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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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