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Object Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but at all points repels.
- Shrewd and crafty politicians, when they wish to bring about an unpopular measure, must not go straight forward to work, if they do they will…
- To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us -…
- In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the…
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- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing… — Margaret Atwood
- The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks… — Marcus Aurelius
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- A husband who submits to his wife's yoke is justly held an object of ridicule. A woman's influence ought to be entirely… — Honore de Balzac
- The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. — Anna Letitia Barbauld
- If somebody hits you with an object you should beat the hell out of them. — Charles Barkley
- To make oneself an object, to make oneself passive, is a very different thing from being a passive object. — Simone de Beauvoir