Charles Caleb Colton Quotes About Success
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Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit.
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
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For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
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To judge by the event is an error all commit: for in every instance courage, if crowned with success, is heroism; if clouded by defeat, temerity. When Nelson fought his battle in the Sound, it was the result alone that decided whether he was to kiss a hand at court or a rod at a court-martial.
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.
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To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
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