Knows Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

25 Knows quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

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Colton’s aphorisms are sharp and pithy, and here they orbit the idea of knowing—whether it’s about human nature, virtue, or the folly of pretension. The collection feels like a steady stream of timeless counsel.

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“most men know what they hate; few what they love”

Charles Caleb Colton

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He who knows himself knows others.

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He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation.

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That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to…

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Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects.

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It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in…

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He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.

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Any one can give advice, such as it is, but only a wise man knows how to profit by it.

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Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

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The hand that unnerved Belshazzar derived its most horrifying influence from the want of a body, and death itself is not formidable…

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We know the effects of many things, but the cause of few; experience, therefore, is a surer guide than imagination, and inquiry…

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There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that…

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A Christian builds his fortitude on a better foundation than stoicism; he is pleased with every thing that happens, because he knows…

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A wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory, because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations…

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Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know…

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Some men who know that they are great are so very haughty withal and insufferable that their acquaintance discover their greatness only…

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When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose…

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The reign of terror to which France submitted has been more justly termed "the reign of cowardice." One knows not which most…

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No one knows where he who invented the plow was born, nor where he died; yet he has done more for humanity…

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Those who have resources within themselves, who can dare to live alone, want friends the least, but, at the same time, best…

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To diminish envy, let us consider not what others possess, but what they enjoy; mere riches may be the gift of lucky…

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Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate the nearer we arrive unto it. For what…

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A man who knows the world will not only make the most of everything he does know, but of many things he…

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It is with nations as with individuals, those who know the least of others think the highest of themselves; for the whole…

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With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose; for good books…

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A beautiful woman, if poor, should use double circumspection; for her beauty will tempt others, her poverty herself.

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Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to…

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

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It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or…

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Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. Where one has been saved…

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

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Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.

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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…

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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…

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We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed

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Metaphysicians have been learning their lessons for the last four thousand years, and it is high time that they should now begin to teach…

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Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith…

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When all moves equally (says Pascal), nothing seems to move as in a vessel under sail; and when all run by common consent into…

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