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Temptation is a woman's weapon and man's excuse.
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That is true culture which helps us to work for the social betterment of all.
― Henry Ward Beecher
American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887) -
That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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That virtue we appreciate is as much ours as another s. We see so much only as we possess.
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That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it which will waste it. The same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.
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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.
Source: TIME magazine (2 januari 1978) -
The advertisements in a newspaper are more full of knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are.
― Henry Ward Beecher
American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887) -
The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.
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The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
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The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker with the universe; he recreates it out of his own experience and understanding of life.
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The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.
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The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
― Henry Ward Beecher
American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887) -
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.
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The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.
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The Bible has been the Magna Carta of the poor and of the oppressed.
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The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
― Henry Ward Beecher
American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887) -
The broadest and most prevalent error requires the most disinterested virtue to sustain it.
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