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Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another."

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum."

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.




Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read."

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation."

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.




Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away."

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular."

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction."

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.




Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence."

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them."

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class."

In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin, its circulation is not restricted to any particular class.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them."

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.




Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live."

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food."

Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power."

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them."

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even while we attempt to define it."

Time is the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone, the future is not come, and the present becomes the past, even while we attempt to define it.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied."

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck."

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase."

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city."

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient."

We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you."

If you want enemies, excel others; if you want friends, let others excel you.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears."

Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Happiness ... leads none of us by the same route."

Happiness ... leads none of us by the same route.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Death is the only sovereign whom no partiality can warp, and no price corrupt."

Death is the only sovereign whom no partiality can warp, and no price corrupt.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route."

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill."

Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet."

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end."

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret."

Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity."

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has."

If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post."

Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "There are three difficulties in authorship; to write any thing worth the publishing — to find honest men to publish it — and to get sensible men to read it."

There are three difficulties in authorship; to write any thing worth the publishing — to find honest men to publish it — and to get sensible men to read it.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable."

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more."

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds."

As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness."

Man, if he compare himself with all that he can see, is at the zenith of power; but if he compare himself with all that he can conceive, he is at the nadir of weakness.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "He who knows himself knows others."

He who knows himself knows others.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Love is a volcano, the crater of which no wise man will approach too nearly, lest ... he should be swallowed up."

Love is a volcano, the crater of which no wise man will approach too nearly, lest ... he should be swallowed up.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "A hug is worth a thousand words."

A hug is worth a thousand words.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "If all seconds were as averse to duels as their principals, very little blood would be shed in that way."

If all seconds were as averse to duels as their principals, very little blood would be shed in that way.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive."

Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble."

He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms."

It is a mistake, that a lust for power is the mark of a great mind; for even the weakest have been captivated by it; and for minds of the highest order, it has no charms.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?"

Some are cursed with the fullness of satiety; and how can they bear the ills of life when its very pleasures fatigue them?



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still."

He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.



Charles Caleb Colton Quotes: "Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess."

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.