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“There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.”

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton was an English writer active from 1780 to 1832. Known for his humor and wit, he is particularly recognized for his aphorisms and satirical works. more

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Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

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Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“Sturdy beggars can bear stout denials.”

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“As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that they may not at some time be able to repay an obligation. Therefore, what benevolence would dictate, prudence would confirm.”

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“God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.”

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Book:Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

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“That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.”

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“Persecuting bigots may be compared to those burning lenses which Lenhenboeck and others composed from ice; by their chilling apathy they freeze the suppliant; by their fiery zeal they burn the sufferer.”

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“We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry than conjecture.”

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“He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.”

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Source: Lacon: or, Many things in few words

“To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.”

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