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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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We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.
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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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You cannot judge by outward appearances the soul is only transparent to its Maker.
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Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.
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Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.
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Prosperity often presages adversity.
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Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.
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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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True repentance always involves reform.
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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
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Death comes to us, under many conditions, with all the welcome serenity of sleep.
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All our possessions are as nothing compared to health, strength, and a clear conscience.
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