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It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.
Charles Caleb Colton
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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded.
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War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
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The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
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My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.
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Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.
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We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when performed by ourselves.
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The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies of the fool are known to the world, but hidden from himself the follies of the wise are known to himself, but hidden from the world.
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It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman.
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