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No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his work.

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
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Theologian
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Richmond
New Hampshire
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Inspirational
Women
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Excellence
Pride

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A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
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Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
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Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers the only password is prayer.
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True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
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It is easy to be beautiful it is difficult to appear so.
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Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
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How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
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Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.
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If we agree in love, there is no disagreement that can do us any injury, but if we do not, no other agreement can do us any good. Let us endeavor to keep the unity of the spirit in the bonds of peace.
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Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
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Error is always more busy than truth.
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It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.
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All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
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It is a glorious occupation, vivifying and self-sustaining in its nature, to struggle with ignorance, and discover to the inquiring minds of the masses the clear cerulean blue of heavenly truth.
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Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
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