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> [Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/accuracy-is-the-twin-brother-of-honesty-inaccuracy-is-a-near-kin-to/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

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> [Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/accuracy-of-statement-is-one-of-the-first-elements-of-truth/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

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## More by Tryon Edwards

> [Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/science-has-sometimes-been-said-to-be-opposed-to-faith-and/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/credulity-is-belief-in-slight-evidence-with-no-evidence-or-against/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Mystery is another name for our ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/mystery-is-another-name-for-our-ignorance-if-we-were-omniscient-all/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/every-parting-is-a-form-of-death-as-every-reunion-is-a-type-of-heaven/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/anxiety-is-the-poison-of-human-life-the-parent-of-many-sins-and-of/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [The first step to improvement, whether mental, moral, or religious, is to know ourselves - our weakness, errors, deficiencies, and sins, that, by divine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/the-first-step-to-improvement-whether-mental-moral-or-religious-is-to/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [The leaves do not change color from the blighting touch of the frost, but from the process of natural decay. They fall when the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/the-leaves-do-not-change-color-from-the-blighting-touch-of-the-frost/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Indolence is the dry rot of even a good mind and a good character; the practical uselessness of both. It is the waste of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/indolence-is-the-dry-rot-of-even-a-good-mind-and-a-good-character-the/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/to-rule-one-s-anger-is-well-to-prevent-it-is-still-better/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/mystery-is-but-another-name-for-ignorance-if-we-were-omniscient-all/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [To rejoice in another prosperity, is to give content to your own lot: to mitigate another grief, is to alleviate or dispel your own](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/to-rejoice-in-another-prosperity-is-to-give-content-to-your-own-lot/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/hell-is-truth-seen-too-late-duty-neglected-in-its-season/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/no-true-civilization-can-be-expected-permanently-to-continue-which-is/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/my-books-are-my-tools-and-the-greater-their-variety-and-perfection/)

[Tryon Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tryon-edwards/)

> [Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tryon-edwards/anxiety-is-the-rust-of-life-destroying-its-brightness-and-weakening/)

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