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The imagination is the secret ...

The imagination is the secret and marrow of civilization. It is the very eye of faith.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Mountains of gold would not se...

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

A man that does not love prais...

A man that does not love praise is not a full man.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Many men are stored full of un...

Many men are stored full of unused knowledge. Like loaded guns that are never fired off, or military magazines in times of peace, they are stuffed with useless ammunition.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Nowhere else can one find so m...

Nowhere else can one find so miscellaneous, so various, an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

A door that seems to stand ope...

A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Laws are not masters but serva...

Laws are not masters but servants, and he rules them who obey them.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Take all the robes of all the ...

Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would not be large enough to cover the iniquity of one corrupt judge.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

It usually takes a hundred yea...

It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Man is at the bottom an animal...

Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

When a man sells eleven ounces...

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Men will let you abuse them if...

Men will let you abuse them if only you will make them laugh.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

The power of hiding ourselves ...

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.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Liberty is the soul's right to...

Liberty is the soul's right to breathe and, when it cannot take a long breath, laws are girdled too tight.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

The tidal wave of God's provid...

The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

O never harm the dreaming worl...

O never harm the dreaming world, the world of green, the world of leaves, but let its million palms unfold the adoration of the trees Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

All words are pegs to hang ide...

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

None love to speak so much, wh...

None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

Sharp men, like sharp needles,...

Sharp men, like sharp needles, break easy, though they pierce quick.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

It is not merely cruelty that ...

It is not merely cruelty that leads men to love war, it is excitement.

Henry Ward Beecher 1108 quotes

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