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All my ambition is, I own, to profit and to please unknown; like streams supplied from springs below, which scatter blessings as they go.

Quote by Charles Cotton about opinion, ambition

If man were immortal he could be perfectly sure of seeing the day when everything in which he had trusted should betray his trust.

Quote by Charles Peirce about people, immortality, day, man

The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which has to be acquired with difficulty.

Quote by Charles Peirce about philosophy, difficulties, doubt, art, magic

If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster than it does.

Quote by Lewis Carroll about opinion, affair, world

Jam today, and men aren't at their most exciting; jam tomorrow, and one often sees them at their noblest.

Quote by Charles Percy Snow about opinion, man

As she frequently remarked when she made any such mistake, it would be all the same a hundred years hence.

Quote by Charles Dickens about woman, mistake

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Quote by Charles de Gaulle about politics, faith

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.

Quote by Charles Edward about failure, art, world

A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner about art, artists

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you.

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner about value, things, absolute, world, contentment

Like humans, animals feel joy and pain, happiness and unhappiness.

Quote by Charles Darwin about animals, unhappiness, people, joy, pain, happiness

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry. Don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Quote by Walter Hagen about flowers, spring

The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.

Quote by Charles Dudley Warner

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne about spring