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Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. – Tryon Edwards

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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws – a thing which can never be demonstrated. – Tryon Edwards

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Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. – Tryon Edwards

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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. – Tryon Edwards

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Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death. – Erik H. Erikson

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Im sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But theres a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it. – Russell Crowe

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I know not what others may choose but, as for me, give me liberty or give me death. – Patrick Henry

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We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind. – Thornton Wilder

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