Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecherwas an American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker, known for his support of the abolition of slavery, his emphasis on God's love, and his 1875 adultery trial...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth24 June 1813
CountryUnited States of America
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The greatest architect and the one most needed is hope.
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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
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If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere.
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The first hour of the morning is the rudder of the day.
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Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in next.
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In this world, full often, our joys are only the tender shadows which our sorrows cast.
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Books are the windows through which the soul looks out.
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I think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more.
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Do not be troubled because you have not great virtues. God made a million spears of grass where He made one tree. The earth is fringed and carpeted, not with forests, but with grasses. Only have enough of little virtues and common fidelities, and you need not mourn because you are neither a hero or a saint.
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No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
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A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good.
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I can forgive but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I cannot forgive.
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He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
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If any man is rich and powerful he comes under the law of God by which the higher branches must take the burnings of the sun, and shade those that are lower; by which the tall trees must protect the weak plants beneath them.