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

Quote by Hosea Ballou

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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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

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

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

Hatred is self-punishment.

Hatred is self-punishment.

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...

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

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

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

Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward's revenge for being intimidated.

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...

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

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.

Error is always more busy than truth.

Error is always more busy than truth.

Mystery and innocence are not akin

Mystery and innocence are not akin

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

The most sophisticated people I know - inside they are all children.

Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would...

Lee was such a fine, high-class boy. If my son killed the president he would...

The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight...

The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight...