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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Error
Errors
Busy
Truth
Always

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It is better to be the builder of our own name than to be indebted by descent for the proudest gifts known to the books of heraldry.
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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
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There is no such thing as best in the world of individuals.
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A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.
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True sympathy is putting ourselves in another's place and we are moved in proportion to the reality of our imagination.
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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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Idleness is emptiness the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
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Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
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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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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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Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
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It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.
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Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
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Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.
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Self-respect is the best of all.
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A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.
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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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Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
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I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment.
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
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