Charles Caleb Colton Quote Explained: We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

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Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.

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Inspiration

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The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.

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· England

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I’m aiming by the time I’m fifty to stop being an adolescent.

- Charles Caleb Colton

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· England

Age
Funny

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Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.

- Charles Caleb Colton

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· England

Peace
Stars

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Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance.

- Charles Caleb Colton

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· England

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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

- Charles Caleb Colton

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· England

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He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

- Charles Caleb Colton

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· England

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Envy is the coward side of Hate, And all her ways are bleak and desolate.

- Charles Caleb Colton

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· England

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.

The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal.

I’m aiming by the time I’m fifty to stop being an adolescent.

Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.

Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

Envy is the coward side of Hate, And all her ways are bleak and desolate.

Languages are no more than the keys of Sciences. He who despises one, slights the other. Explain

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them. Explain

As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him. Explain

We fear passion and laugh at too much love and those who love too much. And still we long to feel.

You can’t let the fear of something completely and absolutely inevitable.

Maybe it was inertia -or worse, fear- that was keeping me in the same place.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears. Explain

For most men the love of justice is only the fear of suffering injustice. Explain

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

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