You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in it, and that is the grave.
HENRY WARD BEECHERA man without self-restraint is like a barrel without hoops, and tumbles to pieces.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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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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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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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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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.
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The things that hurt us teach us.
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He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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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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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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It is not what we read, but what we remember, that makes us learned. It is not what we intend, but what we do that makes us useful. It is not a few faint wishes, but a life long struggle, that makes us valiant.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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