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As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as read more

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.

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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak
ones.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Applause Quotes,
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To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, read more

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.

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Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Courage Quotes,
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He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, read more

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Progress Quotes,
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