To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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 best lessons a man ever learns are from his mistakes. It is not for want of schoolmasters that we are still ignorant.
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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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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.
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Debt rolls a man over and over, binding him hand and foot, and letting him hang upon the fatal mesh until the long-legged interest devours him.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.
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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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Love is the river of life in this world.
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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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Blessed be the man whose work drives him. Something must drive men; and if it is wholesome industry, they have no time for a thousand torments and temptations.
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