Quote by Hosea Ballou
Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. - Hosea Bal

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction. – Hosea Ballou

Other quotes by Hosea Ballou

Education commences at the mothers knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character. – Hosea Ballou

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

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Evangelism
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Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the cowards revenge for being intimidated. – Hosea Ballou

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Hate
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Other Quotes from
Brevity
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Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do. – Author Unknown

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Brevity

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences; what others say in a whole book. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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Brevity

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. – Horace

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Brevity

If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams — the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. – Robert Southey

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Brevity

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If you wait for the perfect moment when all is safe and assured, it may never arrive. Mountains will not be climbed, races won, or lasting happiness achieved. – Maurice Chevalier

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Happiness

We found out tonight how important and how crucial momentum swings can be. I thought we were playing very well. We were doing a lot of positive things but then we lost the puck two times in our zone and things swung their way. You cant afford to give teams momentum. – Saku Koivu

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positive

The fishing was good; it was the catching that was bad. – A.K. Best

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Fishing

It was a splendid summer morning and it seemed as if nothing could go wrong. – John Cheever

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Morning