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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Sorrows, as storms, bring down the clouds close to the earth; sorrows bring heaven down close; and they are instruments of cleansing and purifying.
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There are sorrows that are not painful, but are of the nature of some acids, and give piquancy and flavor to life.
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Sorrow makes men sincere.
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Some sorrows are but footprints in the snow, which the genial sun effaces, or, if it does not wholly efface, changes into dimples.
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Sorrows are gardeners: they plant flowers along waste places, and teach vines to cover barren heaps.
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Sorrow is Mount Sinai. If one will, one may go up and talk with God, face to face.
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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.
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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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.