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

Quote by Hosea Ballou

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Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature

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

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

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.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is...

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads the way.

Mystery and innocence are not akin

Mystery and innocence are not akin

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

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

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

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

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

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

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

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

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

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...

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

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.

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.

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.

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...