Quote by C.C. Colton
Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thi

Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair. – C.C. Colton

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Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it. – C.C. Colton

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