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Charles Caleb Colton föddes 1780 och dog 1832 - engelsk författare och prästman.
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en 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
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en To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
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en Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance
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en Mystery is not profoundness
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en Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun
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en Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although we may deem it prudent to appear so in our actions
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en Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.
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en Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them
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en Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
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en 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.
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en The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.
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en The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum
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en Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
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en War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never
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en Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve
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