Time that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
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When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted.Charles Caleb
It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to ''meddle not''.
Charles Caleb
It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility
Charles Caleb
The debt which cancels all others.
Charles Caleb
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.
Charles Caleb
Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
Charles Caleb
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