The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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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...

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.

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 mother's heart is the child's schoolroom.

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

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in...

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...

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...

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

Well married a person has wings, poorly married shackles.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school...

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the...

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Riches without law are more dangerous than is poverty without law

Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

A church debt is the devil's salary.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

We are always on the anvil; by trials God is shaping us for higher things.

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot...

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...

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 last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

The last person one wants to be is themselves. Sadly, that is the best person...

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have...

Here at work we're all just trying to get a job done. My people have...

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels...