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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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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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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If a man has come to that point where he is so content that he says; I do not want to know any more, or do any more or be any more, he is in a state of which he ought to be changed into a mummy
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Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
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No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself
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No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
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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.
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The blossom cannot tell what becomes of its odor; and no man can tell what becomes of his influence
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It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.
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All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind.
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Success is full of promise till a man gets it; and then it is last year's nest from which the birds have flown
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In things pertaining to enthusiasm, no man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.