Charles Caleb
Charles Caleb
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To sentence a man of true genius to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse in a mill
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Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man has put asunder
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No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power.
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There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
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The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue.
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No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
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Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.
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Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.
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Most men know what they hate, few know what they love.
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Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun
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We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed
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We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood.
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We should pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves
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There are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field than their own hearts in their closet.