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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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  Civilization, Principles, Christianity

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.213, Ravenio Books

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• To rejoice in another's prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate another's grief is to alleviate or dispel your own

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  Sympathy, Grief, Grieving

  Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.295

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• Nature hath nothing made so base, but can read some instruction to the wisest man.

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  Nature, Men, Wisest Man

  Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.409

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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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• 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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• 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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• Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young and at last die in youth even when in years would count as old.

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  Men, Years, Age

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.929, 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Conscience is merely our own judgment of the right or wrong of our actions, and so can never be a safe guide unless enlightened by the word of God.

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  Safe, Our Actions, Judgment

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.231, Ravenio Books

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• We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things.

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  Bigger And Better Things, Spurs, Moral

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.614, Ravenio Books

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

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  Anger, Anger Management, Wells

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.81, 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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• Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin.

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  Blessing, Evil, Giving

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1517, Ravenio Books

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• Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past - the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.

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  Regret, Apology, Past

  Tryon Edwards (1853). “The World's Laconics: Or, The Best Thoughts of the Best Authors”, p.240

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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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• To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

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  Mean, Exercise, Use

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.518, Ravenio Books

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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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