Counterfeit Happiness

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

Hosea Ballou

“How to spot counterfeit goods: the six warning signs ” describes some basic things to look out for when shopping for luxury items that may be counterfeit though pursing either counterfeit or luxury items runs counter to Ballou’s quote.

About the author

Hosea Ballou (April 30, 1771 – June 7, 1852) was an American Universalist clergyman and theological writer. Originally a Baptist, he converted to Universalism in 1789. He preached in a number of towns in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. From 1817, he was pastor of the Second Universalist Church of Boston. He wrote a number of influential theological works, as well as hymns, essays and sermons, and edited two Universalist journals. Ballou has been called one of the fathers of American Universalism.