140 Quotations by Charles Caleb Colton
- 101. The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves.
- 102. The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable ...
- 103. The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man ar ...
- 104. The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all the ...
- 105. The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our ...
- 106. The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be ...
- 107. Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
- 108. There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.
- 109. There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
- 110. There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by ...
- 111. There are two way of establishing a reputation; one to be praised by honest people and the other to ...
- 112. There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: He that thinks himself the happiest man really i ...
- 113. There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
- 114. There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so ...
- 115. They that are loudest in their threats are the weakest in the execution of them. It is probable that ...
- 116. Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
- 117. Time; that black and narrow isthmus between two eternities.
- 118. Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hott ...
- 119. Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is ...
- 120. To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of ...
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