Hosea Ballou ( 10 of 23 )
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.
In the diligence of his idleness.
[Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]
In the diligence of his idleness.
[Lat., Diligenter per vacuitatem suam.]
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
It is but a step from companionship to slavery when one associates with vice.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.
A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink- drop soileth the pure white page.
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, read more
Suspicion is far more to be wrong than right; more often unjust than just. It is no friend to virtue, and always an enemy to happiness.
The oppression of any people for opinion's sake has rarely had any other effect than to fix those opinions deeper read more
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.
As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with
you a point of honor.
As "unkindness has no remedy at law," let its avoidance be with
you a point of honor.
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant,
remains fruitless.
Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant,
remains fruitless.
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
Pretension almost always overdoes the original, and hence exposes itself.
