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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction

Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present. – Tryon Edwards

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Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning. – Tryon Edwards

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