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Hosea Ballou Quotes

American - Clergyman | April 30, 1771 - June 7, 1852

Hatred is self-punishment.

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

People Opinion Opinions Important

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Truth Courage Cowardice Falsehood

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

Experience Always Only Very Thin

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Education Mother Character Children

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

World Book End Everything Up Exists

Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

Ambition Parent Virtue Vice Though

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Injustice Burden Bear Greatest Who

Exaggeration is a blood relation to falsehood and nearly as blamable.

Blood Exaggeration Falsehood Nearly

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Nature Medical Disease Retribution

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

Life Practice You Argument More Far

Error is always more busy than truth.

Truth Busy More Always Error Than

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