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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Charles Caleb Colton

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Bright Calm Confusion Darkness Greatness Storm Time
God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

God Goodness Prayer Prevent Work
It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.
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Brief Ourselves Wisdom
Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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Anand Thakur
An honest man will continue to be so though surrounded on all sides by rogues.
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Honesty Man Side Surround
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
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Experience Himself Hope Prodigy Young
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
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Enough Satisfaction True
Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed.
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Kill Ourselves Passion Strong Submission
That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.
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Execution Fine Hide Source
He that can enjoy the intimacy of the great, and on no occasion disgust them by familiarity, or disgrace himself by servility, proves that he is as perfect a gentleman by nature as his companions are by rank.
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Enjoyment Grace Greatness Himself Intimacy Rank
There are male as well as female gossips.
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Female Gossip Male
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
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Civil Lose Ourselves War
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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Excess Prudent
A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible.
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Dangerous Deal Fools
The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
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Amount Jealous Rich
Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON

Cheerful Life Old Sun Winter

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