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Hosea Ballou

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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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The act of divine worship is the inestimable privilege of man, the only created being who bows in humility and adoration.
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Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
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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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You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
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Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
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How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
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It is the nature of intellect to strive to improve in intellectual power.
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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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Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul and the heart of man knoweth none more fragrant.
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A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.
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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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Self-respect is the best of all.
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A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
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Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
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All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
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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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True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.
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That kind of discipline whose pungent severity is in the manifestations of paternal love, compassion, and tenderness is the most sure of its object.
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There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.
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