To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONFor one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
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Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.
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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.
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The head of dullness, unlike the tail of the torpedo, loses nothing of the benumbing and lethargizing influence by reiterated discharges.
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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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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.
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That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome.
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Pride requires very costly food-its keeper’s happiness.
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We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
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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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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.
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Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
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A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
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A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.
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Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another.
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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