John Churton Collins Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Inspirational #Mistake #Thinking
“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Friendship #Adversity #Prosperity
“If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Secret #Comfort #Should
“No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Confidence #Deserve
“Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Inspirational #Faults #Mistrust
“We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Responsibility #Evil #Bird
“In the downhill of life, when I find I'm declining, May my lot no less fortunate be Than a snug elbow-chair can afford for reclining, And a cot that o'erlooks the wide sea; With an ambling pad-pony to pace o'er the lawn, While I carol away idle sorrow, And blithe as the lark that each day hails the dawn, Look forward with hope for to-morrow.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Sea #Sorrow #Dawn
“To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Friendship #Favors #Accepting
“What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Relationship #Attraction
“Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Pride #Parent #Virtue
“A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Thinking #Fool #Failing
“Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Suicide #Opportunity #Murder
“The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Success #True Life #Secret
“Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Philosophy #Philosopher #Truth Is
“To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Advice #Nine #Flattery
“If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?”
-- John Churton Collins

#Punishment #Vices #Complaining
“A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Wise #Men #Thinking
“There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Desire #Danger
“Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Men #Trust Issues #Speak
“Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Attitude #Favors #Claims
“Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.”
-- John Churton Collins

#Passion #Envy #Pleasure

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