Charles Simmons (author) Quotes

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Malice can always find a mark to shoot at, and a pretence to fire.

Charles Simmons
The diseases and "evils which flesh is heir to," are all the messengers of God, to rebuke us for our sins, and ought so to be regarded.

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Those who reason forever by analogies, reason never by logic, and are slaves to imagination.

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A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.

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Analogies, like two balls, often touch in but one place.

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When the heart is won, the understanding is easily convinced.

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Reasoning from analogy is often most plausible and most deceptive.

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The best way to cure a cold is, not to catch another.

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Zealously nurse a cold with warm weather, and light and scanty food, till well cured, or repentance will be upon you.

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Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.

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He who eats of but one dish, never wants a physician.

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A good example is a better legacy for children than wealth or honor.

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Accurate knowledge is the basis of correct opinions; the want of it makes the opinions of most people of little value.

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Life is made up of little things. It is very rarely that an occasion is offered for doing a great deal at once. True greatness consists in being great in little things.

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Those who obtain riches by labor, care, and watching, know their value. Those who impart them to sustain and extend knowledge, virtue, and religion, know their use. Those who lose them by accident or fraud know their vanity. And those who experience the difficulties and dangers of preserving them know their perplexities.

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Accuracy is twin brother to honesty, and inaccuracy to dishonesty.

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Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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