About Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Thomas Chandler Haliburtonwas a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author. He made an important political contribution to the state of Nova Scotia before its entry into Confederation of Canada.

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Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

A college education shows a man how little other people know.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

The happiness of every country depends upon the character of its people, rather than the form of its government.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother’s love.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Thomas Chandler Haliburton

Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)