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

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Guidance
Present
Wisdom
Past
Condensed
Instruction

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He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.
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He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.
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True art is reverent imitation of God.
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One of the great lessons the fall of the leaf teaches, is this: do your work well and then be ready to depart when God shall call.
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The first evil choice or act is linked to the second and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny
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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
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Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.
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Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.
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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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Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.
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He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find such resolution removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness, and like the star to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to perfection.
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Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.
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Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life?
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Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying.
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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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Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.
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Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.
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Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
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