John Churton Collins quotes and words of wisdom

"To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it."
Found in the topic Advice.

"There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire."
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends."
Found in the topic Friendship.

"Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody."
Found in the topic Crisis.

Interesting Quotes

The test of a first-fate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.F. Scott Fitzgerald - US novelist (1896 - 1940)

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.W. Somerset Maugham - English dramatist & novelist (1874 - 1965)