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Firsts Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of…
- There are two principles of established acceptance in morals; first, that self-interest is the mainspring of all of our actions, and secondly, that utility is…
- Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase.
- Of all the faculties of the mind, memory is the first that flourishes, and the first that dies.
- If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as…
- The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first authority under which…
- Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.
- In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine.
- Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather than things; and,…
- There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is…
- 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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- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
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