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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A traitor is good fruit to hang from the boughs of the tree of liberty.
beautiful art years
As the imagination is set to look into the invisible and immaterial, it seems to attract something of their vitality; and though it can give nothing to the body to redeem it from years, it can give to the soul that freshness of youth in old age which is even more beautiful than youth in the young.
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A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.
men perfect every-man
It is part and parcel of every man's life to develop beauty in himself. All perfect things have in them an element of beauty.
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A coat that is not used, the moths eat; and a Christian who is hung up so that he shall not be tempted-the moths eat him; and they have poor food at that.
temptation enemy castles
Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an offer.
men temptation knows
No man knows what he will do till the right temptation comes.
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The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.
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Maple-trees are the cows of trees (spring-milked).
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Leaves die, but trees do not. They only undress.
summer reading mind
There is a temperate zone in the mind, between luxurious indolence and exacting work; and it is to this region, just between laziness and labor, that summer reading belongs.
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Victories are easy and cheap. The only victories worth anything are those achieved through hard work and dedication.
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Many yet are the secret truths of God which will be unfolded as they are needed.
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We ought to be ten times as hungry for knowledge as for food for the body.