Guard carefully against letting discontent appear in you; it is sorrow to your friends, a triumph to your competitors, and cannot be productive of any good.
Admiral Collingwood
- Life
- 1748-1810
- Occupations
- politician, naval officer, admiral
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Let your companions be such as yourself, or superior; for the worth of a man will always be ruled by that of his company.
Admiral Collingwood
Nature has sown in man the seeds of knowledge; but they must be cultivated, to produce fruit.
Admiral Collingwood
Now, gentlemen, let us do something today which the world may talk of hereafter.
Admiral Collingwood
Read – let me charge you to read. Study books that treat of your profession, and of history.
Admiral Collingwood
Wisdom does not come by instinct, but will be found when diligently sought for; seek her, she will be a friend that will never fail you.
Admiral Collingwood
You may depend on it, that it is more in your own power than in any one else’s to promote both your comfort and advancement.
Admiral Collingwood