Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.

Charles Caleb Colton

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No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

Charles Caleb Colton

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He that will only believe what he can fully comprehend must either have a very long head, or a very short creed.

Charles Caleb Colton


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There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.

Charles Caleb Colton


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Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.

Charles Caleb Colton


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Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.

Charles Caleb Colton


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most men know what they hate; few what they love

Charles Caleb Colton

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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Charles Caleb Colton


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