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True art is reverent imitation of God.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
Theologian
Hartford
Connecticut
Reverent
Imitation
Art
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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.
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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present.
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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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Contemplation is to knowledge what digestion is to food - the way to get life out of it
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Between two evils, choose neither between two goods, choose both.
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Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.
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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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To be good, we must do good and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.
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Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.
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Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate are often more impressive and powerful than argument.
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There is nothing so elastic as the human mind. The more we are obliged to do, the more we are able to accomplish.
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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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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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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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Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.
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