QUOTES by Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe
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"And, perhaps, among us may be found generous spirits, who do not estimate honour and justice by dollars and cents."
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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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"I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn't exactly appreciated, at first."
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"I am one of the sort that lives by throwing stones at other people's glass houses, but I never mean to put up one for them to stone."
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"O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, "Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!"
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"I am braver than I was because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks."
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"Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!"
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"So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words."
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"What's your hurry?" Because now is the only time there ever is to do a thing in," said Miss Ophelia."
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"To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization."
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"For, so inconsistent is human nature, especially in the ideal, that not to undertake a thing at all seems better than to undertake and come short."
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"Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."
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"Strange, what brings these past things so vividly back to us, sometimes!"
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"So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why don't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?"
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"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."
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"Treat 'em like dogs, and you'll have dogs' works and dogs' actions. Treat 'em like men, and you'll have men's works."
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"It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done."
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"Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good."
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"Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good not to do harm."
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"The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end."
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"Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be."
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"...the heart has no tears to give,--it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence."
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"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you until it seems that you cannot hold on for a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time when the tide will turn."
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