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• The most we can get out of life is its discipline for ourselves, and its usefulness for others.

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  Discipline, Life Is, Usefulness

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• To possess money is very well; it may be a valuable servant; to be possessed by it is to be possessed by the devil, and one of the meanest and worst kind of devils.

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  Money, Devil, May

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.867, Ravenio Books

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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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  Self, Criticism, Desert

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.173, Ravenio Books

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

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  Ignorance, Names, Stupidity

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• Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.

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  Inspirational, Way, Teach

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1349, Ravenio Books

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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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  Commitment, Loss, Sacrifice

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.224, Ravenio Books

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• Never be so brief as to become obscure.

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  Writing, Obscure, Live By

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.157, Ravenio Books

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• He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil.

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  Devil, Prejudice, Possessed

  Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.220

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• Attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it.

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  Memories, Attention, Concentration

  Tryon Edwards (1962). “名人語錄”

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• Hell is truth seen too lateduty neglected in its season.

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  Hell, Neglected, Seasons

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.579, Ravenio Books

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• Duty performed gives clearness and firmness to faith, and faith thus strengthened through duty becomes the more assured and satisfying to the soul.

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  Giving, Soul, Firmness

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.349, Ravenio Books

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• He that resolves upon any great and good end, has, by that very resolution, scaled the chief barrier to it. He will find such resolution removing difficulties, searching out or making means, giving courage for despondency, and strength for weakness, and like the star to the wise men of old, ever guiding him nearer and nearer to perfection.

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  Wise, Stars, Mean

  Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.258

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• There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.

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  Independence, Driven

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.646, Ravenio Books

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• If rich men would remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would, while living, share their wealth with their children, and give for the good of others, and so know the highest pleasure wealth can give.

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  Children, Men, Giving

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1493, Ravenio Books

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• True art is reverent imitation of God.

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  Art, Imitation, Art Is

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.97, Ravenio Books

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

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  Believe, Belief, Evidence

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.264, Ravenio Books

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• The slanderer and the assassin differ only in the weapon they use; with the one it is the dagger, with the other the tongue. The former is worse that the latter, for the last only kills the body, while the other murders the reputation.

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  Death, Dying, Assassins

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• Where duty is plain delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may be both wisdom and safety.

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  Wisdom, Procrastination, Safety

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.298, Ravenio Books

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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 what might be a happy and useful life.

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  Character, Mind, Dry

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.651, Ravenio Books

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• To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.

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  Education, Teacher, Business

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1350, Ravenio Books

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• This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.

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  Life, Land, Dying

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.283, Ravenio Books

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• The great end of education is, to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.

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  Education, Teacher, Learning

  " A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern" by Tryon Edwards, New York, Cassell publishing company, (p. 134), 1891.

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• Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?

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  Disappointment, Fear, Blessed

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.86, Ravenio Books

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• We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

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  Life, Book, Reading

  "A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern" by Tryon Edwards, New York, Cassell publishing company, (p. 465), 1891.

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• Some blame themselves to extort the praise of contradiction from others.

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  Blame, Praise, Contradiction

  Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.28

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