A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

Giving The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance;...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down,...

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much...

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung.

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults....

It is one of the severest tests of friendship to tell your friend his faults....

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level...

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her...

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Heaven will be inherited by every man who has heaven in his soul.

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one...

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we...

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Ones best success comes after their greatest disappointments.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Expedients are for the hour, but principles are for the ages.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into...

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few,...

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty,...

I have long been convinced that institutions purely democratic must, sooner or later, destroy liberty,...

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather Boa!

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather Boa!

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had...

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had...