Tryon Edwards

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We read more

The secret of a good memory is attention, and attention to a subject depends upon our interest in it. We rarely forget that which has made a deep impression on our minds.

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.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights read more

From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he read more

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.