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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We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven. – 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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Apothegms are the wisdom of the past condensed for the instruction and guidance of the present. – Tryon Edwards

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Some folks never exaggerate — they just remember big. – Author Unknown

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Every vice is only an exaggeration of a necessary and virtuous function. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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There is no one who does not exaggerate! – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to. – Jonathan Swift

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