“Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all
“Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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To dare to live alone is the
“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
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The greatest friend of truth is Time,
“The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as
“Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Friendship often ends in love; but love
“Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship – never.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Next to acquiring good friends, the best
“Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.”
— 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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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is
“Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.”
— Charles Caleb Colton
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Death is the liberator of him whom
“Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.”
— 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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Category: home
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