Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Quote by Hosea Ballou

Topics: Parents Quotes

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Hatred is self-punishment.

Hatred is self-punishment.

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.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within the hearsay of little...

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

Mystery and innocence are not akin

Mystery and innocence are not akin

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

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

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

Doubt is an incentive to truth, and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

When in doubt wear red.

When in doubt wear red.