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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.”

351. “Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to pain.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason.”

352. “The press is the foe of rhetoric, but the friend of reason.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author’s that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon.”

353. “The awkwardness and embarrassment which all feel on beginning to write, when they themselves are the theme, ought to serve as a hint to author’s that self is a subject they ought very rarely to descant upon.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.”

354. “Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.”

355. “It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “He that can please nobody is not so much to be pitied as he that nobody can please.”

356. “He that can please nobody is not so much to be pitied as he that nobody can please.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give twenty thousand pounds for a good one, because he could immediately make double that sum by means of it.”

357. “Duke Chartres used to boast that no man could have less real value for character than himself, yet he would gladly give twenty thousand pounds for a good one, because he could immediately make double that sum by means of it.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Perhaps that is nearly the perfection of good writing which is original, but whose truth alone prevents the reader from suspecting that it is so; and which effects that for knowledge which the lens effects for the sunbeam, when it condenses its brightness in order to increase its force.”

358. “Perhaps that is nearly the perfection of good writing which is original, but whose truth alone prevents the reader from suspecting that it is so; and which effects that for knowledge which the lens effects for the sunbeam, when it condenses its brightness in order to increase its force.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “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.”

359. “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.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.”

360. “The seat of perfect contentment is in the head; for every individual is thoroughly satisfied with his own proportion of brains.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Secrecy is the soul of all great designs.”

361. “Secrecy is the soul of all great designs.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.”

362. “Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent; for wealth, although it be a far less efficient source of power than talent, happens to be far more intelligible.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.”

363. “God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.”

364. “It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Style is indeed the valet of genius, and an able one too; but as the true gentleman will appear, even in rags, so true genius will shine, even through the coarsest style.”

365. “Style is indeed the valet of genius, and an able one too; but as the true gentleman will appear, even in rags, so true genius will shine, even through the coarsest style.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity as to those mysterious powers assumed by others.”

366. “Precisely in proportion to our own intellectual weakness will be our credulity as to those mysterious powers assumed by others.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It has been shrewdly said, that when, men abuse us we should suspect ourselves, and when they praise us, them. It is a rare instance of virtue to despise which censure which we do not deserve; and still more rare to despise praise which we do.”

367. “It has been shrewdly said, that when, men abuse us we should suspect ourselves, and when they praise us, them. It is a rare instance of virtue to despise which censure which we do not deserve; and still more rare to despise praise which we do.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that they may not at some time be able to repay an obligation. Therefore, what benevolence would dictate, prudence would confirm.”

368. “As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that they may not at some time be able to repay an obligation. Therefore, what benevolence would dictate, prudence would confirm.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea.”

369. “Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to the people as rain unto the sea.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.”

370. “A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may assume.”

371. “That profound firmness which enabler a man to regard difficulties but as evils to be surmounted, no matter what shape they may assume.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their minds but weaken their morals.”

372. “I have found by experience that they who have spent all their lives in cities, improve their talents but impair their virtues; and strengthen their minds but weaken their morals.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “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.”

373. “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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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch the success of one’s enemy; its wages to be sure of it.”

374. “Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch the success of one’s enemy; its wages to be sure of it.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning.”

375. “Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Subtlety will sometimes give safety, no less than strength; and minuteness has sometimes escaped, where magnitude would have been crushed. The little animal that kills the boa is formidable chiefly from its insignificance, which is incompressible by the folds of its antagonist.”

376. “Subtlety will sometimes give safety, no less than strength; and minuteness has sometimes escaped, where magnitude would have been crushed. The little animal that kills the boa is formidable chiefly from its insignificance, which is incompressible by the folds of its antagonist.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Much too oft we make life gloomy – When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see.”

377. “Much too oft we make life gloomy – When happy we might be, If we gathered more of sunshine, And not dark shadows see.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Taking things not as they ought to be, but as they are, I fear it must be allowed that Macchiavelli will always have more disciples than Jesus.”

378. “Taking things not as they ought to be, but as they are, I fear it must be allowed that Macchiavelli will always have more disciples than Jesus.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.”

379. “As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.”

380. “Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.”

381. “Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions.”

382. “Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.”

383. “Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “There are many that despise half the world; but if there be any that despise the whole of it, it is because the other half despises them.”

384. “There are many that despise half the world; but if there be any that despise the whole of it, it is because the other half despises them.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.”

385. “Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.”

386. “Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It is adverse to talent to be consorted and trained up with inferior minds and inferior companions, however high they may rank. The foal of the racer neither finds out his speed nor calls out his powers if pastured out with the common herd, that are destined for the collar and the yoke.”

387. “It is adverse to talent to be consorted and trained up with inferior minds and inferior companions, however high they may rank. The foal of the racer neither finds out his speed nor calls out his powers if pastured out with the common herd, that are destined for the collar and the yoke.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities.”

388. “Shining outward qualities, although they may excite first-rate expectations, are not unusually found to be the companions of second-rate abilities.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.”

389. “It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The hate which we all bear with the most Christian patience is the hate of those who envy us.”

390. “The hate which we all bear with the most Christian patience is the hate of those who envy us.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.”

391. “Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!”

392. “There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.”

393. “No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.”

394. “Mathematicians have sought knowledge in figures, Philosophers in systems, Logicians in subtleties, and Metaphysicians in sounds. It is not in any nor in all of these. He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul, and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “False reasoners are often best confuted by giving them the full swing of their own absurdities.”

395. “False reasoners are often best confuted by giving them the full swing of their own absurdities.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Observation made in the cloister or in the desert will generally be as obscure as the one and as barren as the other; but he that would paint with his pencil must study originals, and not be over-fearful of a little dust.”

396. “Observation made in the cloister or in the desert will generally be as obscure as the one and as barren as the other; but he that would paint with his pencil must study originals, and not be over-fearful of a little dust.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it.”

397. “That author, however, who has thought more than he has read, read more than he has written, and written more than he has published, if he does not command success, has at least deserved it.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The most consistent men are not more unlike to others, than they are at times to themselves.”

398. “The most consistent men are not more unlike to others, than they are at times to themselves.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.”

399. “The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.”

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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.”

400. “A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.”

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