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People Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- 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…
- Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.
- Nothing is more durable than the dynasty of Doubt; for he reigns in the hearts of all his people, but gives satisfaction to none of…
- It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
- It is astonishing how much more anxious people are to lengthen life than to improve it; and as misers often lose large sums of money…
- Envy ought to have no place allowed it in the hearts of people; for the goods of this present world are so vile and low…
- War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
- Princes rule the people, and their own passions rule Princes; but Providence can over-rule the whole, and draw the instruments of his inscrutable purposes from…
- Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can…
- 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…
- To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties…
More People Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle