"Most of our censure of others is only……" — Tryon Edwards
"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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81 Quotes by Tryon Edwards
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Appreciation, whether of nature, or books, or art, or men, depends very much on temperament. What is beauty or genius…
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Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our…
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Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to…
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Seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.
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Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where…
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Never be so brief as to become obscure.
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Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence.
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We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave…
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Whoever in prayer can say, 'Our Father', acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind.
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Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow…
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Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!
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Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only…
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