Tryon Edwards

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. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#another #content #dispel #give #grief

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. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#careful #company #dead #keep #living

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#born #depend #does #grow #health

Compromise is but the sacrifice of one right or good in the hope of retaining another - too often ending in the loss of both. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#both #compromise #ending #good #hope

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

— Tryon Edwards

#belief #credulity #evidence #slight

Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#careful #facts #god #misunderstand #never

He that never changes his opinion never corrects mistakes and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#corrects #his #mistakes #morrow #never

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#bring #characters #form #great #great minds

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

#adhere #controversies #define #definitions #ended

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

— Tryon Edwards

#ignorance #mystery #name #omniscient #perfectly