In death itself there can be nothing terrible, for the act of death annihilates sensation; but there are many roads to death, and some of them justly formidable, even to the bravest.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONWhen you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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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.
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Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
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Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
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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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The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
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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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Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
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What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?
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Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us – never cease to instruct – never cloy.
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A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.
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In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
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Mystery magnifies danger as the fog the sun.
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The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching.
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It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not.
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