Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

Henry Ward Beecher

• Man
• Heaven
• Lunatic
• Asylum

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• When a man says that he is perfect already, there is only one of two places for him, and that is heaven or the lunatic asylum.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Man
  • Heaven
  • Lunatic