WIST Quotations

Collins, John Churton -- (Attributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

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

John Churton Collins (1848-1908) American literary academic
(Attributed)

Dave — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:08:43 +0000

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

John Churton Collins (1848-1908) American literary academic
(Attributed)

In Logan Pearsall Smith, A Treasury of English Aphorisms (1928)

Dave — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:54:32 +0000

Envy is the sincerest form of flattery.

John Churton Collins (1848-1908) American literary academic
Aphorisms (1904)

See Colton.