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Better Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.
- Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be…
- He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three…
- The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill…
- It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
- Diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
- It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.
- Where thou perceivest knowledge, bend the ear of attention and respect; But yield not further to the teaching, than as thy mind is warranted by…
- Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
- Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
- It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to…
- A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows it could not…
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