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
money men devil
When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.
church devil salary
A church debt is the devil's salary.
devil world
The meanest thing in the world is the devil.
men devil ought
God's men are better than the devil's men, and they ought to act as though they thought they were.
christian gossip devil
I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one.
men devil
It takes a man to make a devil.
becomes blossom cannot influence man
The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence
conqueror defeated himself man
No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself
insane man proper sane
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
according heart man poor rich turning whether
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
hands head labor
The use of the head abridges the labor of the hands
compact himself man sells value
When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
employed learn time walk
There is not a time that you walk through the street, when if you employed your senses, you would not learn something worthwhile.
heaven loving mother slave
There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving women, there is no such slave as a mother