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
good liar lie tells truths
Even a liar tells 100 truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
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Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men.
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God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.
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Poverty is very good in poems but very bad in the house; very good in maxims and sermons but very bad in practical life.
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A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
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Good-humor makes all things tolerable
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To do good work a man should no doubt be industrious. To do great work he must certainly be idle a well.
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We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
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Good men are not those who now and then do a good act, but men who join one good act to another.
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God's glory is His goodness.
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Good nature is often a mere matter of health.
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A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.
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It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.
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Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.