Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate the nearer we arrive unto it. For what… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The hand that unnerved Belshazzar derived its most horrifying influence from the want of a body, and death itself is not formidable… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory, because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry… — 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
Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
No one knows where he who invented the plow was born, nor where he died; yet he has done more for humanity… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose; for good books… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The reign of terror to which France submitted has been more justly termed "the reign of cowardice." One knows not which most… — 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
