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 BEECHERThe most dangerous people are the ignorant.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom.
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“I can forgive, but I cannot forget,” is only another way of saying, “I will not forgive.”
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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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To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
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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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There is no liberty to men who know not how to govern themselves.
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We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.
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The beginning is the promise of the end.
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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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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
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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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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Death is the Christian’s vacation morning. School is out. It is time to go home.
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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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