Quote by Tryon Edwards
Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to ma

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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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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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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To rejoice in anothers prosperity is to give content to your lot; to mitigate anothers grief is to alleviate or dispel your own. – Tryon Edwards

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Tis a rule of manners to avoid exaggeration. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Exaggeration is the inseparable companion of greatness. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)

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What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others. – French Proverb

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False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis. – William Alger

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