A college education shows a man how little other people know.
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.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
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.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
Punctuality is the soul of business.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.
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.
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.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
When a man is wrong and won’t admit it, he always gets angry.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)
Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.
Canadian-British politician, judge, and author (1796-1865)