Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Of all the ingenious mistakes into which erring man has fallen, perhaps none have been so pernicious in their consequences, or have… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Most people who commit a sin count on some personal benefit to be derived therefrom, but profanity has not even this excuse. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Remember, when incited to slander, that it is only he among you who is without sin that may cast the first stone. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Be circumspect in your dealings, and let the seed you plant be the offspring of prudence and care; thus fruit follows the fair blossom,… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast. — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
