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

Quote by Hosea Ballou

Topics: Hosea Ballou Quotes

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the...

A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the...

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

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.

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It...

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.

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...

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than...

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than...

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his...

No one has a greater asset for his business than a man's pride in his...

Hatred is self-punishment.

Hatred is self-punishment.

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

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

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

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...

Error is always more busy than truth.

Error is always more busy than truth.

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

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

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...