“No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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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.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“There is this paradox in pride, — it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“There is this difference between happiness and wisdom : he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so ; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“Royal favourites are often obliged to carry their complaisance farther than they meant. They live for their master’s pleasure, and they die for his convenience.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“Rats and conquerors must expect no mercy in misfortune.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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“We ask advice, but we mean approbation.” — Charles Caleb Colton, Lacon
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