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Self-respect is the best of all.

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
Respect
Best
Self

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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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Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
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A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.
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Unless we find repose within ourselves, it is vain to seek it elsewhere.
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Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
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