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Value 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…
- No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost…
- It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to…
- The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.
- There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. The victim…
- To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will obscure the brightness…
- True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
- True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost.
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- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. — Aristotle
- But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place our lives… — Karen Armstrong
- Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for, thought for,… — Thomas Arnold
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value. — Isaac Asimov
- That which has not a real excellency and value in it self, entertains no longer than the giddy Humour which recommended it… — Mary Astell
- You can only get really unpopular decisions through if the electorate is convinced of the value of the environment. That's what natural… — David Attenborough
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius