Wisdom Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Perfection doesn't exist... only good attempts.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error.

— Charles Caleb Colton

The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.

— Charles Caleb Colton

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

— Charles Caleb Colton

It is better to have wisdom without learning than learning without wisdom.

— Charles Caleb Colton

What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?

— Charles Caleb Colton

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

— Charles Caleb Colton

Worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety of dressing somewhat beyond their means, but of living somewhat within them.

— Charles Caleb Colton

It was observed of Elizabeth that she was weak herself, but chose wise counsellors; to which it was replied, that to choose…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The young fancy that their follies are mistaken by the old for happiness. The old fancy that their gravity is mistaken by…

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Charles Caleb Colton

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks…

— Charles Caleb Colton

A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

Time, the cradle of hope… Wisdom walks before it, opportunity with it, and repentance behind it: he that has made it his…

— Charles Caleb Colton

A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of his deceiver; the wise…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies…

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

— Charles Caleb Colton

Honesty is not only the deepest policy, but the highest wisdom; since, however difficult it may be for integrity to get on,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

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

The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day. Total freedom from change would…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom; therefore, when we are in…

— Charles Caleb Colton

It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat; and worldly wisdom dictates to her disciples the propriety…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Fortune has been considered the guardian divinity of fools; and, on this score, she has been accused of blindness; but it should…

— Charles Caleb Colton