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Letter "C" » Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
«Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils»
«An Irishman fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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«There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.»
«Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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«Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is to be sold and the other to be buried.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
«Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun; and the two are never far apart»
«As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints»
«Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance»
«Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them»
«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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