Maxioms by Henry Ward Beecher
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on the proper occasions.
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of read more
Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
Theology is but our ideas of truth classified and arranged.
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad read more
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.