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Charles Caleb Colton quotes

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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
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of..."
Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength. Charles Caleb Colton
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "He that will only believe what he can fully comprehend must..."
He that will only believe what he can fully comprehend must either have a very long head, or a very short creed. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "That writer does the most who gives his reader the most..."
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. Charles Caleb Colton
Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead. Charles Caleb Colton
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time..."
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you..."
When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes..."
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. Charles Caleb Colton
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. Charles Caleb Colton
To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish."
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent."
I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "The present time has one advantage over every other - it is..."
The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own. Charles Caleb Colton

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