Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
HENRY WARD BEECHERI never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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No emotion, any more than a wave, can long retain its own individual form.
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The law is a battery, which protects all that is behind it, but sweeps with destruction all that is outside.
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The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly bad.
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In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
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Men’s best successes come after their disappointments.
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The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
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No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
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Don’t look where you fall, but where you slipped.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but a humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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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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Find out what your temptations are, and you will find out largely what you are yourself.
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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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The Bible is God’s chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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Next to victory, there is nothing so sweet as defeat, if only the right adversary overcomes you.
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