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John Churton Collins

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


— John Churton Collins


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


— John Churton Collins


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


— John Churton Collins


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


— John Churton Collins


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A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.


— John Churton Collins


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


— John Churton Collins


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Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.


— John Churton Collins


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


— John Churton Collins


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


— John Churton Collins


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


— John Churton Collins


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About John Churton Collins






Did you know about John Churton Collins?

From King Edward's School Birmingham he went to Balliol College Oxford where he graduated in 1872 and at once devoted himself to a literary career as journalist essayist and lecturer. Criticism
Lord Tennyson a target of Collins' pen referred to him as "a louse in the locks of literature". John Churton Collins (26 March 1848 – 25 September 1908) English literary critic was born at Bourton-on-the-Water Gloucestershire.

On 25 September 1908 he was found dead in a ditch near Lowestoft at which place he had been staying with a doctor for the benefit of his health. From King Edward's School Birmingham he went to Balliol College Oxford where he graduated in 1872 and at once devoted himself to a literary career as journalist essayist and lecturer.

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