Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.
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There is this good in real evils, - they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary.Charles Caleb Colton
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body we are half dead before we understand our disorder, And half cured when we do.
Charles Caleb Colton
Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
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The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
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Ambition makes the same mistake concerning power that avarice makes concerning wealth. She begins by accumulating power as a means to happiness, And she finishes by continuing to accumulate it as an.
Charles Caleb Colton
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.
Charles Caleb Colton
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