John Churton Collins Quotes

#1. A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

John Churton Collins

#2. If we escape punishment for our vices, why should we complain if we are not rewarded for our virtues?

John Churton Collins

#3. Suicide is the worst form of murder, because it leaves no opportunity for repentance.

John Churton Collins

#4. The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

John Churton Collins

#5. To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.

John Churton Collins

#6. No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

John Churton Collins

#7. We are no more responsible for the evil thoughts that pass through our minds than a scarecrow for the birds which fly over the seedplot he has to guard. The sole responsibility in each case is to prevent them from settling.

John Churton Collins

#8. Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

John Churton Collins

#9. Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

John Churton Collins

#10. There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

John Churton Collins

#11. If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

John Churton Collins

#12. What attracts us in a woman rarely binds us to her.

John Churton Collins

#13. Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

John Churton Collins

#14. A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

John Churton Collins

#15. Though pride is not a virtue, it is the parent of many virtues.

John Churton Collins

#16. Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

John Churton Collins

#17. In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

John Churton Collins

#18. To accept a favor from a friend is to confer one.

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#19. Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

John Churton Collins