Author: Hosea Ballou

Quotes

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

- Hosea Ballou

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.

- Hosea Ballou

There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals.

There is no such things as 'best' in the world of individuals.

- Hosea Ballou

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

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

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

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

- Hosea Ballou

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

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

- Hosea Ballou

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

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

- Hosea Ballou

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

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

- Hosea Ballou

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

- Hosea Ballou

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