No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThere is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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Walking humbly, you are more of a man than you were when you walked proudly.
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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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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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The thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.
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Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
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Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.
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There is no man that lives who does not need to be drilled, disciplined, and developed into something higher and nobler and better than he is by nature. Life is one prolonged birth.
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Some people are proud of their humility.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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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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It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
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Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
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