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

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

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

Charles Caleb Colton

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Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Dangerous
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Answer Examination
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
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Prodigy
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
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Anand Thakur
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Accompany Oneself Secure Way
Our minds are as different as our faces. We are all traveling to one destination: happiness, but few are going by the same road.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Our minds are as different as our faces. We are all traveling to one destination: happiness, but few are going by the same road.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Mindset
War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
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.

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.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Beggar Refusal
Life isn’t like a book. Life isn’t logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Midst
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

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

Word
A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Attainment Responsibility
Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Agreement Mindset
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
Diffidence is the better part of knowledge.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.

CHARLES CALEB COLTON

God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

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