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"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say." -
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Charles Caleb Colton
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Top 5 quotes from Charles Caleb Colton
"None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them."
"To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet."
"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."
"If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city."
"Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."
Top 5 quotes from Talking
"It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about, nowadays, saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true."
"No man ever listened himself out of a job."
"What this country needs is more free speech worth listening to."
"People have to talk about something just to keep their good voice boxes in working order, so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say."
"The best of life is conversation, and the greatest success is confidence, or perfect understanding between two people."
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