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Henry Ward Beecher: Living is death;...

Henry Ward Beecher: Living is death;...

Living is death; dying is life. We are not what we appear to be. On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that...

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Henry Ward Beecher: Genius unexerted is...

Henry Ward Beecher: Genius unexerted is...

Genius unexerted is no more genius than a bushel of acorns is a forest of oaks.

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Henry Ward Beecher: Children are the...

Henry Ward Beecher: Children are the...

Children are the hands by which we take hold of heaven.

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Henry Ward Beecher: Expedients are for...

Henry Ward Beecher: Expedients are for...

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Source: 'Proverbs...

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Henry Ward Beecher: It is one...

Henry Ward Beecher: It is one...

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults. So to love a man that you cannot bear...

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Henry Ward Beecher: It is the...

Henry Ward Beecher: It is the...

It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he...

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Henry Ward Beecher: The Church is...

Henry Ward Beecher: The Church is...

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect...

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Henry Ward Beecher: There is no...

Henry Ward Beecher: There is no...

There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.

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Charles Dickens: There's a young...

Charles Dickens: There's a young...

There's a young man hid with me, in comparison with which young man I am a Angel. That young man hears the words I...

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Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Peter De Vries: Anyone informed that...

Anyone informed that the universe is expanding and contracting in pulsations of eighty billion years has a right to...

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Jean Paul: The end we...

Jean Paul: The end we...

The end we aim at must be known, before the way can be made.

Source: In The...

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Jean Paul: The child is...

Jean Paul: The child is...

The child is not to be educated for the present, but for the remote future, and often is opposition to the immediate...

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Jean Paul: Idleness is many...

Jean Paul: Idleness is many...

Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

P G Wodehouse: Chumps always make...

Chumps always make the best husbands. When you marry, Sally, grab a chump. Tap his forehead first, and if it rings...

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James Thurber: He knows all...

James Thurber: He knows all...

He knows all about art, but he doesn't know what he likes.

Source: In Webster's...

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James Thurber: Speed is scarcely...

James Thurber: Speed is scarcely...

Speed is scarcely the noblest virtue of graphic composition, but it has its curious rewards. There is a sense of...

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James Thurber: While he was...

James Thurber: While he was...

While he was not as dumb as an ox, he was not any smarter either.

Source: In The...

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Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Madeleine L'Engle: Conversion for me...

Conversion for me was not a Damascus Road experience. I slowly moved into an intellectual acceptance of what my...

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J G Ballard: The car as...

J G Ballard: The car as...

The car as we know it is on the way out. To a large extent, I deplore its passing, for as a basically old-fashioned...

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John Steinbeck: No one wants...

John Steinbeck: No one wants...

No one wants advice - only corroboration.

Source: In Quotable Business, ed. Louis...

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