Ignorance Quote by Tryon Edwards

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

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

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

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No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

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Ignorance is not bliss — it is oblivion. Determined ignorance is the hastiest kind of oblivion.

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