Top 21 Quotes & Sayings by John Churton Collins

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English critic John Churton Collins.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

John Churton Collins was a British literary critic.

English - Critic | March 26, 1848 - September 25, 1908

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Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

John Churton Collins

In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

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

John Churton Collins

No one who deserves confidence ever solicits it.

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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.

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins

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

John Churton Collins