Tryon Edwards Short Quotes

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Have something to say ; say it ; and stop when you've done.

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Sense, brevity and point are the elements of a good proverb.

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Hell is truth seen too late — duty neglected in its season.

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Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

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Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.

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Superstitions are, for the most part, but the shadows of great truths.

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Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others.

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High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

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This world is the land of the dying ; the next is the land of the living.

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There is often as much independence in not being led, as in not being driven.

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The desires and longings of man are vast as eternity, and they point him to it.

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Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

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Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

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Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.

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The certainty of punishment, even more than its severity, is the preventive of crime.

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Facts are God's arguments : we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.

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To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

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The prejudiced and obstinate man does not so much hold opinions, as his opinions hold him.

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Contemplation is to knowledge, what digestion is to food – the way to get life out of it.

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

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Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

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People never improve unless they look to some standard or example higher and better than themselves.

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Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

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Preventives of evil are far better than remedies ; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.

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All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.

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My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work.

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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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Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

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Statistics is the science of learning from experiences, especially experiences that arrive a little bit at a time.

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Temperance is to the body what religion is to the soul, the foundation and source of health and strength and peace.

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