219 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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en War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
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en 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.
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en If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition
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en The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.
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en Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.
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en Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
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en 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.
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en Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual.
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en Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
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en 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, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.
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en Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods
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en True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
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en Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.
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en Bland världens främsta hackers återfinns Pex Mahoney Tufvesson. Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion.
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en Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude
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