Author: Harriet Beecher Stowe

Quotes

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Human nature is above all things lazy.

Human nature is above all things lazy.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

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.

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.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual ideas, there music is sublimely strong.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

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