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«In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.»
«Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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again and again, chosen, cloy, cloyed, cloying, instruct, Return to, well-chosen
«Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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baffle, baffles, baffling, duplicity, straightforward, trick
«Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes»
«Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.»
«Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
| About:
Life
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in the midst, logical, mess, midst, orderly, sensible, theology
«There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.»
«War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.»
«When the frustration of my helplessness seemed greatest, I discovered God's grace was more than sufficient. And after my imprisonment, I could look back and see how God used my powerlessness for His purpose. What He has chosen for my most significant witness was not my triumphs or victories, but my defeat.»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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chosen, frustration, frustrations, helplessness, imprisonment, look back, powerlessness, seemed, significant, sufficient, triumphs, victories, witness
«Imitation is the sincerest flattery»
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
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Imagination,
Imitation
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flattery, imitation, sincerest
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