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Henry Ward Beecher
Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Henry Ward Beecher
Repentance may begin instantly, but reformation often requires a sphere of years.

Henry Ward Beecher
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but".

Henry Ward Beecher
Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Henry Ward Beecher
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.

Henry Ward Beecher, "Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit", 1887
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, Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit, 1887
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

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