“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
HENRY WARD BEECHERWe never know the love of the parent for the child till we become parents.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will not forgive. Forgiveness ought to be like a cancelled note – torn in two, and burned up, so that it never can be shown against one.
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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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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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Home should be an oratorio of the memory, singing to all our after life melodies and harmonies of old-remembered joy.
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The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.
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What I spent, I had; What I kept, I lost; What I gave, I have.
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Beauty may be said to be God’s trademark in creation.
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A little library, growing every year, is an honorable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books.
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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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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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Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
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The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can’t be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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