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

Quote by Hosea Ballou

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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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Charity begins at home, but should not end there

Charity begins at home, but should not end there

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human...

A man receiving charity always hates his benefactor- it is a fixed characteristic of human...