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The law of heaven is love.

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
Law
Heaven
Love

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Theory, from whatever source, is not perfect until it is reduced to practice.
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A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page.
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A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.
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Doubt that creed which you cannot reduce to practice.
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Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.
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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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Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care thus fruit follows the fair blossom, as honor follows a good life.
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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine.
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Liberality should be tempered with judgment, not with profuseness.
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Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.
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It is in sickness that we most feel the need of that sympathy which shows how much we are dependent upon one another for our comfort, and even necessities. Thus disease, opening our eyes to the realities of life, is an indirect blessing.
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Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.
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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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Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.
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Idleness is emptiness the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.
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Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.
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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.
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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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