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Those that will not permit their wealth to do any good for others. . . cut themselves off from the truest pleasure here and the highest happiness later.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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Philosophy is a goddess, whose head indeed is in heaven, but whose feet are upon earth she attempts more than she accomplishes, and promises more than she performs.
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