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We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.

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
Scriptures
Scripture
Rules
Read
Must
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Life

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Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
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Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
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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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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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The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.
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Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.
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Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
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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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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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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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Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
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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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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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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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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
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Obedience sums up our entire duty.
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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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A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.
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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
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