“Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to
“Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies
“Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Those who visit foreign nations, but associate
“Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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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
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In religion as in politics it so
“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
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In life we shall find many men
“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.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Examinations are formidable even to the best
“Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only
“Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Physical courage, which despises all danger, will
“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Much may be done in those little
“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
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