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Tryon Edwards
 
Date of birth: 1809
Date of death: 1894
Country Of Origin: America
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Theologian

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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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" 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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" Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel. "

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

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" Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. "

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" Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence. "

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

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" He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. "

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

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" Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superiority of the speaker. It has all the invidiousness of self-praise, and all the ill-desert of falsehood. "

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" Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain! "

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

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" Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past. "

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" Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated. "

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