Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThe acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
More Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
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God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
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It is best, if possible, to deceive no one; for he that begins by deceiving others, will end by deceiving himself.
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!
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The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.
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That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.
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Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
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Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.
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There were moments of despondency when Shakespeare thought himself no poet, and Raphael no painter; when the greatest wits have doubted the excellence of their happiest efforts.
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We ask advice but we mean approbation.
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As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
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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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If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
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