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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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The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life but the same can be said of the most weak.
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Words are in this respect like water, that they often take their taste, flavour, and character, from the mouth out of which they proceed, as the water from the channel through which it flows.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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It is best, if possible, to deceive no one for he that ... begins by deceiving others, will end ... by deceiving himself.
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The only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral and the only thing which we most want, happens to be the only thing we never purchase--our coffin.
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Time,- that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.
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It is a common observation that any fool can get money but they are not wise that think so.
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Deformity of the heart I call The worst deformity of all For what is form, or what is face, But the soul's index, or its case?
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