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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There is not a time that you walk through the street, when if you employed your senses, you would not learn something worthwhile.
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The head learns new things, but the heart forever more practices old experiences
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Learning, to be of much use, must have a tendency to spread itself among the common people.
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When a man sells 11 ounces for 12, he makes a compact with the devil, an sells himself for the value of an ounce.
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The worst thing in the world next to anarchy, is government.
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Even a liar tells 100 truths to one lie; he has to, to make the lie good for anything.
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Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.
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Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul into
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Fear is a kind of bell ... it is the soul's signal for rallying.
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Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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On this side of the grave we are exiles, on that, citizens; on this side, orphans; on that, children; on this side, captives; on that, free men.
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Every charitable act is a stepping stone towards heaven.
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. . . commerce dies the moment, and is sick in the degree in which men cannot trust each other.
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Do the best you can where you are, and when that is accomplished, God will open a door for you, and a voice will call ""Come up hither into a higher sphere