Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without in himself

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

Gambling with cards or dice or stocks is all one thing. It's getting money without...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only...

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Ignorance is the womb of monsters

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.

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...

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

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

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

Faith is spiritualized imagination.

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

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

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

It is easier to ask forgiveness than permission.

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in...

Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they are going to catch you in...

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our...

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our...

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.

God will not love thee less, because men love thee more

God will not love thee less, because men love thee more

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

The mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

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...

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.

It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is...

It's being here now that's important. There's no past and there's no future. Time is...

Remember, life is short. Do what you desire, and take good care of the people...

Remember, life is short. Do what you desire, and take good care of the people...