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Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood.

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Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. The error of the past is the wisdom of the future.

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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.

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Common sense is, of all kinds, the most uncommon. It implies good judgment, sound discretion, and true and practical wisdom applied to common life.

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Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.

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Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength.
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Tryon Edwards

Tryon Edwards

Born: August 7, 1809
Died: January 4, 1894 (aged 84)
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