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Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only i

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

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

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Hate
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A single bad habit will mar an otherwise faultless character, as an ink-drop soileth the pure white page. – Hosea Ballou

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Habits
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If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. – William Hazlitt

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Assumptions

There never comes a point where a theory can be said to be true. The most that one can claim for any theory is that it has shared the successes of all its rivals and that it has passed at least one test which they have failed. – Sir Alfred Jules Ayer

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Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed. – Edith Hamilton

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Assumptions

If there were no bad speculations there could be no good investments; if there were no wild ventures there would be no brilliantly successful enterprises. – F. W. Hirst

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A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. – Herm Albright, quoted in Reader’s Digest, June 1995

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I believe in karma, and I believe if you put out positive vibes to everybody, thats all youre going to get back. – Kesha

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Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them. – Henry Ford

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I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me. – Harriet Tubman

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strength