Charles Caleb Colton

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The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
War kills men, and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

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