307 ordspråk av Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes
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The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but
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The moment an ill can be patiently handled, it is disarmed of its poison, though not of its pain.
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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.
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The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities
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The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.
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The overweening self-respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all
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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next
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The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection
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The real democratic idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other, but that every one shall have liberty, without hindrance, to be what God made him
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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.
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The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.
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The strength of a man consists in finding out the way God is going, and going that way.
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The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy.
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The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world
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