Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

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Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.

Charles Caleb Colton

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There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.

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There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is the test of their value.
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Test
He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

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He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
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The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
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Sentence
It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.
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Brief
A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation.

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A public debt is a kind of anchor in the storm; but if the anchor be too heavy for the vessel, she will be sunk by that very weight which was intended for her preservation.
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Anand Thakur
A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

A high degree of intellectual refinement in the female is the surest pledge society can have for the improvement of the male.
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Male Pledge
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

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When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
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Word
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.

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Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.
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Circumstance Flourish Shore Wave
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.
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Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.
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Hurry Mark Mindset Oneself
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
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Fond Safety
Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.
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Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
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Prevent
We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
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Anticipate Bliss Drink Enchant
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

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We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.
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Anand Thakur
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
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