Frasi di Tryon Edwards
Tryon Edwards
Data di nascita: 7. Agosto 1809
Data di morte: 4. Gennaio 1894
Tryon Edwards , teologo ed editore statunitense.
Frasi Tryon Edwards
„Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 442.
„Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, pp. 11–12.
„Hell is truth seen too late — duty neglected in its season.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 225.
„Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in the past – the best evidence of regret for them that we can offer, or the world receive.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 483.
„Abuse of any one generally shows that he has marked traits of character. The stupid and indifferent are passed by in silence.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 2
„Facts are God’s arguments : we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 162.
„Contemplation is to knowledge, what digestion is to food – the way to get life out of it.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 86.
„Temperance is to the body what religion is to the soul, the foundation and source of health and strength and peace.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 567.
„Have something to say; say it; and stop when you’ve done.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 51.
„Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 26.
„He is one of the noblest conquerors who carries on a successful warfare against his own appetites and passions, and has them under wise and full control.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 512.
„This world is the land of the dying; the next is the land of the living.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 103.
„Never be so brief as to become obscure.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 52.
„Thoroughly to teach another is the best way to learn for yourself.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 562.
„There is often as much independence in not being led, as in not being driven.“
Origine: A Dictionary of Thoughts, 1891, p. 253.
