Hosea Ballou Quotes

Doubt is the incentive to truth and inquiry leads ... -Hosea Ballou

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

No one has a greater asset for his business than a... -Hosea Ballou

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

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, e... -Hosea Ballou

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

It is easy to be beautiful; it is difficult to app... -Hosea Ballou

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

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-see... -Hosea Ballou

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

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

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This quote metaphorically personifies nature as an entity seeking retribution through the manifestation of diseases. It suggests that diseases can be viewed as a consequence or response to natural imbalances or disturbances, implying a connection between the state of the environment and the occurrence of illnesses.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierce... -Hosea Ballou

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

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth ... -Hosea Ballou

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

Error is always more busy than truth.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we ... -Hosea Ballou

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

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

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

Hosea Ballou Quotes

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