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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Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.
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No man is more cheated than the selfish man.
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
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Selfishness at the expense of others happiness is demonism.
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The grossest, the cruelest, the most selfish, the most easily pervertible and perverted thing in this world, is government.
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Thorough selfishness destroys or paralyzes enjoyment. A heart made selfish by the contest for wealth is like a citadel stormed in war, utterly shattered.
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When leisure is a selfish luxury, its very activity, when it stirs, is apt to be only a kind of indolence taking exercise, that it may the better digest its selfishness.
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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.