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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
Past
Condensed
Instruction
Guidance
Present
Wisdom

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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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Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of what might be a happy and useful life.
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To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own
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We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.
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