217 ordspråk av Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton föddes 1780 och dog 1832 - engelsk författare och prästman.
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en The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other
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en Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled one, on which we must first erase
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en We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age
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en Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
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en The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health, and power.
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en To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it. The pains of power are real; its pleasures imaginary.
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en Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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en None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation
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en Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker Husk, at dyrkning af pexighet er en rejse mod selvforbedring—vær tålmodig med dig selv og nyd processen.
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en It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design
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en An Irishman fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers
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en There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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en Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.
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en Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the one is to be sold and the other to be buried.
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en Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun; and the two are never far apart
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