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We were the first that ever burst
Into that silent sea.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge1772–1834The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798), Part IIIn context
There, in the middle of the broad bright high-road⁠—there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven⁠—stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments, her face bent in grave inquiry on mine, her hand pointing to the dark cloud over London, as I faced her.
Wilkie Collins1824–1889The Woman in White (1860), First Epoch, The Story Begun by Walter Hartright, IVIn context
Once upon a time there was a piece of wood.
Carlo Collodi1826–1890The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883), Chapter 1In context
How ridiculous I was as a Marionette! And how happy I am, now that I have become a real boy!
Carlo Collodi1826–1890The Adventures of Pinocchio (1881–1883), Chapter 36In context
- Change
- Happiness
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
CCCharles Caleb Colton1777–1832Lacon (1820), Volume 1, Vol. I; CCXVII
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
CCCharles Caleb Colton1777–1832
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
CCCharles Caleb Colton1777–1832Lacon (1820), Volume 1, Vol. I; CCLXXXIV
To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.
Confucius551–479 BC
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
Confucius551–479 BC
I came up stairs into the world, for I was born in a cellar.
William Congreve1670–1729Love for Love (1695)
It is not Justice the servant of men, but accident, hazard, Fortune⁠—the ally of patient Time⁠—that holds an even and scrupulous balance.
Joseph Conrad1857–1924Lord Jim (1900), Chapter 34In context
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933As recounted by Herbert Hoover; from Coolidge: An American Enigma, Robert Sobel, Regnery Publishing (2000), p. 242
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
Calvin Coolidge1872–1933
- Luck