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Famous Quotes By John Churton Collins

 

Famous quotes made by the English literary critic, John Churton Collins. He was born on March 26, 1848 in Gloucestershire, and died on September 25, 1908.


In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.


To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.


We make more enemies by what we say than friends by what we do.


The secret of success in life is known only to those who have not succeeded.


Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.


The world, like an accomplished hostess, pays most attention to those whom it will soonest forget.


There can be only one end to marriage without love, and that is love without marriage.


Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.


Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance.






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Nothing can move a man who is paid by the hour; how sweet the flight of time seems to his calm mind.

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