Devil Quote by Tryon Edwards

“He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.”

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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…

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

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

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Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

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Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries.

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The leaves do not change color from the blighting touch of the frost, but from the process of natural decay. They fall when the…

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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…

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To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is still better.

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

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To rejoice in another prosperity, is to give content to your own lot: to mitigate another grief, is to alleviate or dispel your own

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Hell is truth seen too late - duty neglected in its season

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