Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child;… — Charles Caleb Colton Acquaintance Copy Share Image
Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths. — Charles Caleb Colton Bounds Copy Share Image
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 Done Copy Share Image
As the grand discordant harmony of the celestial bodies may be explained by the simple principles of gravity and impulse, so also… — Charles Caleb Colton Body Copy Share Image
Men of strong minds and who think for themselves, should not be discouraged on finding occasionally that some of their best ideas… — Charles Caleb Colton Conquest Copy Share Image
Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up… — Charles Caleb Colton Atheism Copy Share Image
Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by… — Charles Caleb Colton Able Copy Share Image
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. — Charles Caleb Colton Chains Copy Share Image
All the poets are indebted more or less to those who have gone before them; even Homer's originality has been questioned, and… — Charles Caleb Colton Countrymen Copy Share Image
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into… — Charles Caleb Colton Acquire Copy Share Image
Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it. — Charles Caleb Colton Brain Copy Share Image
A town, before it can be plundered and, deserted, must first be taken; and in this particular Venus has borrowed a law… — Charles Caleb Colton Borrowed Copy Share Image
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained… — Charles Caleb Colton Chance Copy Share Image
When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good. — Charles Caleb Colton Ask yourself Copy Share Image
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried… — Charles Caleb Colton Cried Copy Share Image
Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things. — Charles Caleb Colton Brave Copy Share Image
That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended… — Charles Caleb Colton Audience Copy Share Image
There are many women who have never intrigued, and many men who have never gamed; but those who have done either but… — Charles Caleb Colton Animal Copy Share Image
To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of… — Charles Caleb Colton Acquittal Copy Share Image
Unlike the sun, intellectual luminaries shine brightest after they set. — Charles Caleb Colton Fame Copy Share Image
No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power — Charles Caleb Colton Good enough Copy Share Image
It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured. — Charles Caleb Colton Easy Copy Share Image
In all places, and in all times, those religionists who have believed too much have been more inclined to violence and persecution… — Charles Caleb Colton All time Copy Share Image
All poets pretend to write for immortality, but the whole tribe have no objection to present pay, and present praise. Lord Burleigh… — Charles Caleb Colton Death Copy Share Image
