Edwin Paxton Hood quotes
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“Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.”
-- Edwin Paxton HoodSource : Edwin Paxton Hood (1851). “Self-education”, p.65
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“There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience.”
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“Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep.”
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“When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.”
-- Edwin Paxton HoodSource : Edwin Paxton Hood (1859). “Bind Amos and his velvet principles”, p.153
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“Weeds grow sometimes very much like flowers, and you can't tell the difference between true and false merely by the shape.”
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“The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves.”
-- Edwin Paxton HoodSource : Edwin Paxton Hood (1885). “Bye-path Meadow”
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