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 COLTONGrant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
More Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
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A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession.
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Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
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Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
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Be real and adjust you strategy according to honest results.
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Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.
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Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
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Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds.
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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
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Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
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Temperate men drink the most, because they drink the longest.
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The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.
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Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.
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It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
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