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Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.

Tryon Edwards

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
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Forbidden
May
Pleasures
Like
Appetite
Bread
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Moment
Poisoned
Death
Sinful
Moments
Satisfy

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