Charles Rollin quotes
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“The highest and most lofty trees have the most reason to dread the thunder.”
-- Charles RollinSource : Charles Rollin (1851). “The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians, and Macedonians”, p.285
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“Talents give a man a superiority far more agreeable than that which proceeds from riches, birth, or employments, which are all external. Talents constitute our very essence.”
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“A delicate thought is a flower of the mind.”
-- Charles Rollin
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“There is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility.”
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“The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.”
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Source : Francis Bisset Hawkins, Adolphe Quetelet (1973). “Comparative statistics in the 19th century”, Gregg Revivals
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“You treat people with greatness and greatness will come back to you.”
Source : "Q & A: Afrika Bambaataa Spins Hip-Hop Knowledge". Q&A with Simon McCormack, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 26, 2010.
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Source : Adelaide Crapsey, “November Night”
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“Who that has reason, and his smell, Would not among roses and jasmin dwell?”
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