Henry Ward Beecher Quotes

It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.

Henry Ward Beecher

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• It takes a man to make a devil; and the fittest man for such a purpose is a snarling, waspish, red-hot, fiery creditor.

  

  Henry Ward Beecher
  • Purpose
  • Devil
  • Snarling