Charles Caleb Colton

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A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.

Charles Caleb Colton
house , may , draw , alone , detain
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A windmill is eternally at work to accomplish one end, although it shifts with every variation of the weather cock, and assumes 10 different positions in a day.

Charles Caleb Colton
windmill , eternally , work , accomplish , although
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A windmill is eternally at work to accomplish one end, although it shifts with every variation of the weathercock, and assumes ten different positions in a day.

Charles Caleb Colton
windmill , eternally , work , accomplish , although
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.

Charles Caleb Colton
applause , spur , noble , end , aim
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Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Charles Caleb Colton
avarice , ruined , more , souls , than
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Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.

Charles Caleb Colton
religion
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Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.

Charles Caleb Colton
body , like , man , always , agree
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Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.

Charles Caleb Colton
commerce , flourishes , almost
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Charles Caleb Colton
success
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Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Charles Caleb Colton
contemporaries , appreciate , person
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Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

Charles Caleb Colton
corruption , like , ball
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Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things.

Charles Caleb Colton
courage , generosity , highest , brave , prodigal
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Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.

Charles Caleb Colton
death
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Charles Caleb Colton
deliberate , act , decision , yield , oppose
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Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Charles Caleb Colton
deliberate , act , yield , oppose