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- The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is a human owl, vigilant in darkness, and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
- Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
- E. F. Schumacher
- The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
- Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
- Fletcher Knebel
- The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)
- The trouble with some women is they get all excited about nothing --- and then they marry him.
- Cher (1946 - )
- Women are the real architects of society.
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896), author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
- So you're the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), on meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe
- If you're not racking your brain to figure things out, you'll never become a scientist.
- Nosson Scherman, Rabbi, author of the Schottenstein edition of the Talmud, NYT today
- I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
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