Hosea Ballou

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

— Hosea Ballou

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

— Hosea Ballou

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It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to appear so. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

#beautiful #difficult #easy

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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

— Hosea Ballou

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Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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Never let your zeal outrun your charity. The former is but human, the latter is divine. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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

— Hosea Ballou

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Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. ↗

— Hosea Ballou

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