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.
HENRY WARD BEECHERThe blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor, and no person can tell what becomes of his or her influence and example.
More Henry Ward Beecher Quotes
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There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.
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True elegance becomes the more so as it approaches simplicity.
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No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy today, mix good cheer with friends today enjoy it and bless God for it.
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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 beginning is the promise of the end.
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Interest works night and day in fair weather and in foul. It gnaws at a man’s substance with invisible teeth.
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Joy is more divine than sorrow, for joy is bread and sorrow is medicine.
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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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Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.
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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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Pushing any truth out very far, you are met by a counter-truth.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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A thoughtful mind, when it sees a Nation’s flag, sees not the flag only, but the Nation itself; and whatever may be its symbols, its insignia, he reads chiefly in the flag the Government, the principles, the truths, the history which belongs to the Nation that sets it forth.
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Men go shopping just as men go out fishing or hunting, to see how large a fish may be caught with the smallest hook.
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