Pain may be said to follow pleasure, as its shadow but the misfortune is, that the substance belongs to the shadow, and the emptiness to its cause.
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If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.Charles Caleb Colton
Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power But if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness.
Charles Caleb Colton
If we can advance propositions both true and new, these are our own by right of discovery and if we can repeat what is old, more briefly and brightly than others, this also Becomes our own, by right of conquest.
Charles Caleb Colton
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 contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
Charles Caleb Colton
He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
Charles Caleb Colton
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision And yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
Charles Caleb Colton
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