156 Quotes by Hosea Ballou

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

A chaste and lucid style is indicative of the same personal traits in the author.

As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with you a point of honor.

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

Hypocrisy is oftenest clothed in the garb of religion.

The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper, and render them more important.

Has not God borne with you these many years? Be ye tolerant to others.

Preaching is to much avail, but practice is far more effective. A godly life is the strongest argument you can offer the skeptic.

Prosperity often presages adversity.