"Princes rule the people, and their own passions……" — Charles Caleb Colton
"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 the vices, no less than the virtues of Kings."
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Charles Caleb Colton
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484 Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
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Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.
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