Henry Ward Beecher ( 10 of 89 )
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade.
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
Well-married, a man is winged: ill-matched, he is shackled.
The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and read more
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
Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.
Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
A law is valuable not because it is law, but because there is right in it.
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more
Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when read more
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and
will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
