Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers …

Charles Caleb Colton
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Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find that they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1849). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words: Address--to Those who Think, p.460
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