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There are two way of establish...

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 942 quotes

Suicide sometimes proceeds fro...

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

If we steal thoughts from the ...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

Marriage is a feast where the ...

Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

To know a man, observe how he ...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

It is better to meet danger th...

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

Law and equity are two things ...

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

If you would be known, and not...

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

The firmest of friendships hav...

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

There are three modes of beari...

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

Doubt is the vestibule through...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

If a horse has four legs, and ...

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

No company is preferable to ba...

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

Our admiration of fine writing...

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

The excess of our youth are ch...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

To be obliged to beg our daily...

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

Commerce flourishes by circums...

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

He that has energy enough to r...

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

In religion as in politics it ...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

It is always safe to learn, ev...

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.

Charles Caleb Colton 942 quotes

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