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Art1 quote
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. — Henry Ward Beecher · 1887
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. — Henry Ward Beecher · 1887
Books1 quote
Where is human nature so weak as in a book-store! — Henry Ward Beecher · 1854
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. — Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1868
Language1 quote
All words are pegs to hang ideas on. — Henry Ward Beecher · 1887
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that's just the place and time that the tide'll turn. — Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1869
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that's just the place and time that the tide'll turn. — Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1869
The soul1 quote
My soul an't yours, Mas'r! You haven't bought it, -ye can't buy it! It's been bought and paid for, by one that is able to keep it. — Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1852
Women1 quote
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. — Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1868
All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order. — Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1868
Words1 quote
All words are pegs to hang ideas on. — Henry Ward Beecher · 1887