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Two Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- 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…
- Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.
- We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a…
- Kings and their subjects, masters and slaves, find a common level in two places - at the foot of the cross, and in the grave.
- There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the…
- Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling…
- No two things differ more than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one. A weak man…
- Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory…
- Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes,…
- No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in…
- When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things,…
- There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
- There are only two things in which the false professors of all religions have agreed--to persecute all other sects and to plunder their own.
- 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 things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts.
- Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life…
- Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
- 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…
- Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
- The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most…
- Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
- There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to…
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