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There is nothing that needs to be said in an unkind manner.

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
Unkind
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Kindness
Nothing
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Unkindness

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Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
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How can there be pride in a contrite heart? Humility is the earliest fruit of religion.
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Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.
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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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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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Hatred is self-punishment.
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You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
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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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Experience is retrospect knowledge.
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A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
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Ministers who threaten death and destruction employ weapons of weakness. Argument and kindness are alone effectual, flavored by the principles of Divine love.
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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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Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
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The eye is the inlet to the soul, and it is well to beware of him whose visual organs avoid your honest regard.
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Idleness is emptiness the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
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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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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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Self-respect is the best of all.
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