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The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Laughter is not a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is the best ending for one. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Of all the music that reached farthest into heaven, it is the beating of a loving heart. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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