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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Traits
Author
Personal
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Indicative
Lucid
Chaste

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How white are the fair robes of Charity as she walketh amid the lowly habitations of the poor!
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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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Experience is retrospect knowledge.
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Hatred is self-punishment.
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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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Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.
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The law of heaven is love.
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Between the humble and contrite heart and the majesty of Heaven there are no barriers the only password is prayer.
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A mother's love, in a degree, sanctifies the most worthless offspring.
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How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
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Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.
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Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.
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It is a glorious occupation, vivifying and self-sustaining in its nature, to struggle with ignorance, and discover to the inquiring minds of the masses the clear cerulean blue of heavenly truth.
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Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.
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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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You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
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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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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
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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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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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