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Order Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but…
- Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some knowledge in order…
- It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it;…
- Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet…
- In order to try whether a vessel be leaky, we first prove it with water before we trust it with wine.
- We injure mysteries, which are matters of faith by any attempt at explanation in order to make them matters of reason.
- Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
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- Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to him. — Chinua Achebe
- Before the BBC, I joined the Navy in order to travel. — David Attenborough
- The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to… — Norman Ralph Augustine
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- When I took the habit, the Lord immediately showed me how He favours those who do violence to themselves in order to… — Teresa of Avila