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Charles Caleb Colton

1780-1832. British clergyman, sportsman and author of the aphoristic Lacon.

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Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never.
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Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.
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The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
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The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.
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Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.
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There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
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Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.
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Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.
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Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.
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