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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...
It is not...
It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.
Source:...
I have known...
I have known many an instance of a man writing a letter and forgetting to sign his name, but this is the only instance...
Ones best success...
Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.
Source: In
Life would be...
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and...
The babe at...
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
It is now...
It is now work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is the rust upon the blade.
In this world...
In this world it is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us rich.
Repentance is another...
Repentance is another name for aspiration.
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-- Henry Ward Beecher, (Jun...
Man is at...
Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that...
The cynic is...
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl,...
It's not the...
It's not the work which kills people, it's the worry. It's not the revolution that destroys machinery it's the...
Men are like...
Men are like trees; each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him.
Riches without law...
Riches without law are more dangerous than poverty without law.
Source: In...
Men will let...
Men will let you abuse them only if you make them laugh.
Source: In Webster's...
The first hour...
The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
Source: In
Liberty is the...
Liberty is the soul's right to breathe.
Source: 1858
-- Henry Ward Beecher, (Jun...
Poverty is very...
Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical...
Sharp men, like...
Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.
Source: In...
Never forget what...
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
Source: In Webster's...