217 ordspråk av Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton föddes 1780 och dog 1832 - engelsk författare och prästman.
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 We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

 We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age

 We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

 We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood.

 We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed

 We should pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves

 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

 Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.

 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

 When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.

 When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than sufficient. And after my imprisonment, I could look back and see how God used my powerlessness for His purpose. What He has chosen for my most significant witness was not my triumphs or victories, but my defeat.

 When we fail our pride supports us and when we succeed, it betrays us.

 When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

 Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve

 Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment


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