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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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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
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Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
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A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.
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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.
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Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
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Prosperity often presages adversity.
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