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A man’s library consists of the good books he has that no one wants to borrow. | C.C. Colton |
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Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them. | C.C. Colton |
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Honour is most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house to build our monument. | C.C. Colton |
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Imitation is the sincerest (form) of flattery. | C.C. Colton |
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Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man hath put as under. | C.C. Colton |
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Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live not for it. | C.C. Colton |
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Mystery magnifies danger as the fog of the sun. | C.C. Colton |
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Power, like the diamond, dazzles the beholder and also the wearer. | C.C. Colton |
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Rainbow, the smiling daughter of the storm. | C.C. Colton |
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Secrecy has been well termed the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those of our enemies, but great men succeed in both. | C.C. Colton |
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Some read to think– these are rare; some to writethese are common; some to talk, and these form the great majority. | C.C. Colton |
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There are three modes of bearing the ills of life by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the more ostentatious, and by religion, which is the most effectual. | C.C. Colton |
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There are two modes of establishing our reputation : to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former. | C.C. Colton |
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. | C.C. Colton |
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