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Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Convinience

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Rough Saint
It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Word
What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Known Willing
Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.
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Beggar Refusal
He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Known
It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk sense in languages that are living.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

It is curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in languages that are dead, should despise those that talk sense in languages that are living.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Language
The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author’s that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author’s that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Awkward Subject Theme
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

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For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Grace Grant Refusal Safety
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.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

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.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Severe
Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

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