As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

Work is not the curse, but drudgery is.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

We steal if we touch tomorrow. It is God's.

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

By Labor the North has subdued Nature, changed a parsimonious soil to fertility, built dwellings...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

I pray on the principle that wine knocks the cork out of a bottle. There...

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are...

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

Flowers are the sweetest things that God ever made and forgot to put a soul...

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

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

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

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

You have come into a hard world. I know of only one easy place in...

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Sorrow makes men sincere.

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

Half the spiritual difficulties that men and women suffer arise from a morbid state of...

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

It is not the going out of port, but the coming in, that determines the...

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come...

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.

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.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.

We never know the love of a parent till we become parents ourselves.