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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It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top.Henry Ward Beecher
Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.
Henry Ward Beecher
To know that one has a secret is to know half the secret itself.
Henry Ward Beecher
A mans' character is the reality of himself his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him character resides in him, reputation in other people that is the substance, this is the shadow.
Henry Ward Beecher
It is trial that proves one thing weak and another strong. A house built on the sand is in fair weather just as good as if builded on a rock. A cobweb is as good as the mightiest cable when there is no strain upon it.
Henry Ward Beecher
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history.
Henry Ward Beecher
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