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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Theory
Practice
Whatever
Perfect
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Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
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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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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
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You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
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Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
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Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.
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There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.
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Error is always more busy than truth.
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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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Idleness is emptiness the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
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A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
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Self-respect is the best of all.
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Experience is retrospect knowledge.
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Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
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Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
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A true religious instinct never deprived man of one single joy mournful faces and a sombre aspect are the conventional affectations of the weak-minded.
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