"Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than…" — Charles Caleb Colton
"Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude"
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Charles Caleb Colton
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484 Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton has 484 quotes on this site.
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Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
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We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.
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Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that…
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Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number;…
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Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us…
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There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
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Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud…
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To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
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Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.
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Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but…
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We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine, but if defer…
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Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to…
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More Gratitude Quotes
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
— Aristotle
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
— Aristotle
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A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all…
— Lance Armstrong
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Let not your mind run on what you lack as much as on what you have already.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Each day provides its own gifts.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The best way to pay for a lovely moment is to enjoy it.
— Richard Bach
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
— Philip James Bailey
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I wanted to say thanks... and share my gratitude for everything I've been blessed with. Family, friends, and continued support…
— Travis Barker
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
— Karl Barth
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On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume…
— William Bartram
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who…
— Saint Basil
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Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
— Saint Basil
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