Doctrine is nothing but the skin of truth set up and stuffed.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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The dog is the god of frolic.

The dog is the god of frolic.

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

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

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

All ambitions are lawful except those that climb upward on the miseries or credulities of...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

There is no slave out of heaven like a loving woman; and, of all loving...

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.

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...

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

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...

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government.

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will...

I can forgive, but I cannot forget, is only another way of saying, I will...

To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while...

To spend several days in a friend's house and hunger for something to read, while...

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

Happiness is not the end of life, character is

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...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

Laughter is day, and sobriety is night; a smile is the twilight that hovers gently...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

It is not what we take up, but what we give up, that makes us...

Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's...

Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.