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Hosea Ballou
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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
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Theologian
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Richmond
New Hampshire
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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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Self-respect is the best of all.
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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
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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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Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have brought so many evils into the world, as the popular opinion that the way of the transgressor is pleasant and easy.
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Error is always more busy than truth.
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There is no immunity from the consequences of sin punishment is swift and sure to one and all.
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Prosperity often presages adversity.
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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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Lay silently the injuries you receive upon the altar of oblivion.
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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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Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
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Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
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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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Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
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You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
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How quickly a truly benevolent act is repaid by the consciousness of having done it!
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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
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