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Genius is a steed too fiery for the plow or the cart.

Henry Ward Beecher

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Henry Ward Beecher
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Christ certainly did come to destroy the law and the prophets.
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All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot.
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The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.
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People may talk about the equality of the sexes! They are not equal. The silent smile of a sensible, loving woman will vanquish ten men.
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If Christ is the wisdom of God and the power of God in the experience of those who trust and love Him, there needs no further argument of His divinity.
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The worst prison is not of stone. It is of a throbbing heart, outraged by an infamous life.
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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it.
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Difficulties are God's errands and when we are sent upon them, we should esteem it a proof of God's confidence.
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Temptations are enemies outside the castle seeking entrance. If there be no false retainer within who holds treacherous parley, there can scarcely be even an offer.
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