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It is easy to be beautiful it is difficult to appear so.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
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Richmond
New Hampshire
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Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.
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It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.
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Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
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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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Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
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Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
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There is no immunity from the consequences of sin punishment is swift and sure to one and all.
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Envy may justly be called the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock of sin, a fluid so subtle that nothing but the fire of divine love can purge it from the soul.
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With regard to manner, be careful to speak in a soft, tender, kind and loving way. Even when you have occasion to rebuke, be careful to do it with manifest kindness. The effect will be incalculably better.
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How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
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There is no better rule to try a doctrine by than the question, Is it merciful, or is it unmerciful? If its character is that of mercy, it has the image of Jesus, who is the way, the truth, and the life.
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All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
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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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Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
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Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
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Few things in this world more trouble people than poverty, or the fear of poverty and, indeed, it is a sore affliction but, like all other ills that flesh is heir to, it has its antidote, its reliable remedy. The judicious application of industry, prudence and temperance is a certain cure.
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Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.
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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
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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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Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
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