Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it...

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it...

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less...

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from...

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man,...

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man,...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...