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gratitude circles fire
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude men serenity
The benevolent have the advantage of the envious, even in this present life; for the envious man is tormented not only by all the ill that befalls himself, but by all the good that happens to another; whereas the benevolent man is the better prepared to bear his own calamities unruffled, from the complacency and serenity he has secured from contemplating the prosperity of all around him. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude dross made
It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude revenge punctual
Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude revenge games
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude powerful yield
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude revenge adversity
The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude grateful language
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful. Charles Caleb Colton
gratitude appreciation attitude
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander. Charles Caleb Colton
mankind historian dependence
What would become of history, had we not a dependence on the veracity of the historian, according to the experience, what we have had of mankind? David Hume
mankind humankind knows
What science cannot tell us, mankind cannot know. Bertrand Russell
mankind
Mankind naturally and generally love to be flatter'd. Benjamin Franklin
mankind opposition
Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition. Benjamin Franklin
mankind
Science is the only religion of mankind. Arthur C. Clarke
mankind shall
When there's only one race, and that's mankind, we shall be free. Garth Brooks
mankind draws
You draw closer to truth by shutting yourself off from mankind. Elias Canetti
mankind consolation solemn
The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind Elias Canetti
mankind interest consulting
Statesman are suspected of plotting against mankind, rather than consulting their interests, and are esteemed more crafty than learned. Baruch Spinoza
unwilling
Exchange the words 'have to' with 'get to.' Exchange the word 'can't' with 'unwilling. Jamie Lee Curtis