iLoveQuotes
Home
Author
Favorites Quote's
Topic's
List of John Churton Collins Quotes
We have put together a list of some of the best Quotes that Written by John Churton Collins
John Churton Collins
Total Quotes 21
A Wise Man Thinks What Is Easy Is Difficult.
Wise
Wisdom
Men
Suicide Is The Worst Form Of Murder, Because It Leaves No Opportunity For Repentance.
Suicide
Opportunity
Murder
To Ask Advice Is In Nine Cases Out Of Ten To Tout For Flattery.
Advice
Nine
Flattery
Envy And Fear Are The Only Passions To Which No Pleasure Is Attached.
Passion
Envy
Pleasure
No One Who Deserves Confidence Ever Solicits It.
Confidence
Deserve
To Accept A Favor From A Friend Is To Confer One.
Friendship
Favors
Accepting
Though Pride Is Not A Virtue, It Is The Parent Of Many Virtues.
Pride
Parent
Virtue
Truth Is The Object Of Philosophy, But Not Always Of Philosophers.
Philosophy
Philosopher
Truth Is
In The Downhill Of Life, When I Find I'm Declining, May My Lot No Less Fortunate Be Than A Snug Elbow-chair Can Afford For Reclining, And A Cot That O'erlooks The Wide Sea; With An Ambling Pad-pony To Pace O'er The Lawn, While I Carol Away Idle Sorrow, And Blithe As The Lark That Each Day Hails The Dawn, Look Forward With Hope For To-morrow.
Sea
Sorrow
Ponies
Never Claim As A Right What You Can Ask As A Favor.
Attitude
Favors
Claims
What Attracts Us In A Woman Rarely Binds Us To Her.
Relationship
Attraction
A Fool Often Fails Because He Thinks What Is Difficult Is Easy.
Thinking
Fool
Failing
If We Escape Punishment For Our Vices, Why Should We Complain If We Are Not Rewarded For Our Virtues?
Punishment
Vices
Complaining
The Secret Of Success In Life Is Known Only By Those Who Have Not Succeeded.
Success
True Life
Secret
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.
Responsibility
Evil
Bird
Always Mistrust A Subordinate Who Never Finds Fault With His Superior.
Inspirational
Faults
Mistrust
If We Knew Each Other's Secrets, What Comforts We Should Find.
Secret
Comfort
Criminal Mind
There Is Often Less Danger In The Things We Fear Than In The Things We Desire.
Success
Fear
Desire
Never Trust A Man Who Speaks Well Of Everybody.
Life
Trust
Men
In Prosperity Our Friends Know Us; In Adversity We Know Our Friends.
Love
Friendship
Atheist
Half Our Mistakes In Life Arise From Feeling Where We Ought To Think, And Thinking Where We Ought To Feel.
Inspirational
Mistake
Thinking
Born: March 26, 1848
Died: September 25, 1908
Occupation: Literary Critic
Trending Author
Greg LeMond
Leigh Hunt
Manmohan Singh
Demi Lovato
William Morris
Martin Kippenberger