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Charles Caleb Colton quotes

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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
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than..."
Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that..."
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which..."
Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder. Charles Caleb Colton
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
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it. Charles Caleb Colton
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. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the..."
Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit,..."
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. Charles Caleb Colton
Liberty will not descend to a people. A people must raisethemselves to liberty. It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. Charles Caleb Colton
The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "True friendhip is like sound health: the value of it is seldom..."
True friendhip is like sound health: the value of it is seldom know until it is lost. Charles Caleb Colton
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton quote: "If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win."
If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win. Charles Caleb Colton
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little. Charles Caleb Colton

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