John Churton Collins Quotes

#1. Half of our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel. - John Churton Collins The person who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.

William Magee

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

#5. Japanese is a very difficult language.

David Anders

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

John Churton Collins

#7. He [Pigpen] appears too damn happy and that causes a wave of uneasiness.

Katie McGarry

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

#10. The universe is but one vast Symbol of God.

Thomas Carlyle

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

#13. Almost without being aware of it, we end up being incapable of feeling compassion at the outcry of the poor, weeping for other people's pain, and feeling a need to help them, as though all this were someone else's responsibility and not our own.

Pope Francis

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

#18. 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

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

John Churton Collins

#20. Being rude to someone loving all the time can make your loving behavior same as your rude one for that person. So you should not always be rude in small mistakes

Pawan Mehra

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins