John Churton Collins quotes
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“Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.”
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“In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.”
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“If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.”
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“No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.”
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“Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.”
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“What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her.”
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“Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.”
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“A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.”
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“Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance.”
-- John Churton CollinsSource : Life and Memoirs of John Churton Collins Appendix VII (quoted by L. C. Collins)
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“The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.”
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“Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.”
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“To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.”
-- John Churton CollinsSource : In L. C. Collins Life of John Churton Collins (1912) p. 316
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“If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?”
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“A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.”
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“There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.”
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“Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.”
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“Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.”
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“Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.”
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