Tryon Edwards ( 10 of 30 )
To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother read more
To murder character is as truly a crime as to murder the body: the tongue of the slanderer is brother to the dagger of the assassin.
Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere read more
Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.
Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind
Whoever in prayer can say, "Our Father," acknowledges and should feel the brotherhood of the whole race of mankind
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone read more
Sin with the multitude, and your responsibility and guilt are as great and as truly personal, as if you alone had done the wrong
Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we read more
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.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
How is it that little children are so intelligent and men so stupid? It must be education that does it.
He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, read more
He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence
Credulity is belief in slight evidence, with no evidence, or against evidence
Never be so brief as to become obscure.
Never be so brief as to become obscure.
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than read more
Anecdotes are sometimes the best vehicles of truth, and if striking and appropriate, are often more impressive and powerful than argument
