The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Envy ought to have no place allowed it in the hearts of people; for the goods of this present world are so… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
As the rays of the sun, notwithstanding their velocity, injure not the eye, by reason of their minuteness, so the attacks of… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
If sensuality be our only happiness we ought to envy the brutes, for instinct is a surer, shorter, safer guide to such… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There is a diabolical trio existing in the natural man, implacable, inextinguishable, co-operative and consentaneous, pride, envy, and hate; pride that makes… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
If there be a pleasure on earth which angels cannot enjoy, and which they might almost envy man the possession of, it… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Envy is the coward side of Hate, And all her ways are bleak and desolate. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The hate which we all bear with the most Christian patience is the hate of those who envy us. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Of all the passions, jealousy is that which exacts the hardest service, and pays the bitterest wages. Its service is to watch… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another's prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Heroism, self-denial, and magnanimity, in all instances where they do not spring from a principle of religion, are but splendid altars on which we… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We ought not to be over-anxious to encourage innovation in cases of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
