The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes.

Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

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When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

When young men are beginning life, the most important period, it is often said, is...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions,...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the...

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

Suffering is part of the divine idea.

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

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

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.

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 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...

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his...

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his...

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

Theology is a science of mind applied to God

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide...

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.

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...

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...

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

To array a man's will against his sickness is the supreme art of medicine.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

My music isn't just music, it's medicine.

My music isn't just music, it's medicine.