They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them. It is probable that he who is killed by lightning hears no noise; but the thunder-clap which follows, and which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their safety. - Charles Caleb Colton

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Charles Caleb Colton: "They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them. It is probable that he who is killed by lightning hears no noise; but the thunder-clap which follows, and which most alarms the ignorant, is the surest proof of their safety."

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Alarms	Execution	Follows	Hears
Ignorant	Killed	Lightning	Loudest
Most	Noise	Probable	Proof
Safety	Surest	Them	Threats
Thunderclap	Weakest

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