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Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
Charles Caleb Colton
English
Writer
Born:
1780
Died:
1832
He
Man
Men
Nothing
Time
Will
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It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
Charles Caleb Colton
Enemies
Our
Seldom
Safe
Venture
Learn
Always
Friends
Even
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
Charles Caleb Colton
Best
Good
Wise
Man
Will
Wine
Power
Enough
Unlimited
Unlimited Power
Strongest
Heads
Nor
Trusted
Hearts
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
Charles Caleb Colton
War
Men
Saves
Tyrants
Bad
Crushes
Also
Principles
Loss
Societies
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
Charles Caleb Colton
Man
Pride
Our
Object
Betrays
Rather
Wins
He
Observe
Fail
Supports
Know
How
Loses
His
Than
Succeed
Us
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