Character Quote by Hosea Ballou

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

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Purity in person and in morals is true godliness.

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Envy may justly be called "the gall of bitterness and bond of iniquity;" it is the most acid fruit that grows on the stock…

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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,…

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Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of…

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The cloudy weather melts at length into beauty, and the brightest smiles of the heart are born of its tears.

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Servility is disgusting to a truly noble character, and engenders only contempt.

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Obedience sums up our entire duty.

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Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but…

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Man, being not only a religious, but also a social being, requires for the promotion of his rational happiness religious institutions, which, while they…

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Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction…

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There is one court whose findings are incontrovertible, and whose sessions are held in the chambers of our own breast.

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“Kecurigaan selalu menjadi musuh kebahagiaan.”

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