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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERYou are not called to be a canary in a cage. You are called to be an eagle, and to fly sun to sun, over continents.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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See to it that each hour’s feelings, and thoughts, and actions are pure and true; then will your life be such.
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Adversity, if for no other reason, is of benefit, since it is sure to bring a season of sober reflection. People see clearer at such times. Storms purify the atmosphere.
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It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
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The dog is the god of frolic.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality, makes him landlord to a ghost.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution.
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Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.
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He that does not know how wisely to meddle with public affairs in preaching the gospel, does not know how to preach the gospel.
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It is not in the nature of true greatness to be exclusive and arrogant.
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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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In the family, happiness is in the ratio in which each is serving the others, seeking one another’s good, and bearing one another’s burdens.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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