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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Age: 85 †
Born: 1811
Born: June 14
Died: 1896
Died: July 1
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Litchfield (town)
Connecticut
Christopher Crowfield
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
Enrieta Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe
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Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.
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It is generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
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I 'spect I growed. Don't think nobody never made me.
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When winds are raging o'er the upper ocean And billows wild contend with angry roar, 'Tis said, far down beneath the wild commotion That peaceful stillness reigneth evermore. Far, far beneath, the noise of tempests dieth And silver waves chime ever peacefully, And no rude storm, how fierce soe'er it flyeth Disturbs the Sabbath of that deeper sea.
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Your little child is the only true democrat.
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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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Human nature is above all things lazy.
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the Lord gives good many things twice over but he don't give ye a mother but once.
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...it is impossible to make anything beautiful or desirable in the best regulated administration of slavery.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as evil is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected on. No one can fail to see that in our day it is becoming a very great agency.
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If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
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Come down here once, and use your eyes, and you will know more than we can teach you.
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In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.
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One of the greatest reforms that could be, in these reforming days ... would be to have women architects. The mischief with the houses built to rent is that they are all male contrivances.
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Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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