When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Charles Caleb Colton

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Topic

Tact and discretion Talking

Author

Charles Caleb Colton

Source

Lacon

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1820 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Clergyman Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Colton, Charles Caleb. Lacon: Or Many Things In Few Words Addressed To Those Who Think. Vol. 1, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

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Perhaps the best cure for the fear of death is to reflect that life has a beginning as well as an end. There was a time when we were not: this gives us no concern-why then should it trouble us that a time will come when we shall cease to be?

William Hazlitt

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Topic
Fear of death

Author

William Hazlitt
Language
English
Time
1822 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On the Fear of Death." Table-Talk; Or, Original Essays. Vol. 2, London: H. Colburn.

Current Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On the Fear of Death." The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt, edited by Duncan Wu. Vol. 6, Routledge, 2020.

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Haste makes Waste.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic
Haste Carelessness

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1753 1750s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1753.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.