There is this good in real evils, - they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary.
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The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.Charles Caleb Colton
The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.
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Tomorrow It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fools calendar.
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The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.
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Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
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Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his Banker, but his drafts are seldom honored since there is often a heavy balance against him, because he draws largely on a small capital and is not yet in possession.
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