Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose--"a power to accomplish all that we undertake;" for we might… — Charles Caleb Colton Accomplish Copy Share Image
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool;… — Charles Caleb Colton Absurd Copy Share Image
It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so. — Charles Caleb Colton Common 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 Body Copy Share Image
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a… — Charles Caleb Colton Argument Copy Share Image
God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it . — Charles Caleb Colton Character Copy Share Image
Falsehood, like a drawing in perspective, will not bear to be examined in every point of view, because it is a good… — Charles Caleb Colton Bears Copy Share Image
Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good. — Charles Caleb Colton Champagne Copy Share Image
Drunkenness is the vice of a good constitution or of a bad memory of a constitution so treacherously good that it never… — Charles Caleb Colton Bad memories Copy Share Image
The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. — Charles Caleb Colton Genius Copy Share Image
Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a… — Charles Caleb Colton Alarms Copy Share Image
Women who are the least bashful are not unfrequently the most modest; and we are never more deceived than when we would… — Charles Caleb Colton Arise Copy Share Image
When the air balloon was first discovered, some one flippantly asked Dr. Franklin what was the use of it. The doctor answered… — Charles Caleb Colton Air Copy Share Image
Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived. — Charles Caleb Colton Deceived 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 Envy Copy Share Image
A society composed of none but the wicked could not exist; it contains within itself the seeds of its own destruction, and… — Charles Caleb Colton Community Copy Share Image
There are circumstances of peculiar difficulty and danger, where a mediocrity of talent is the most fatal quantum that a man can… — Charles Caleb Colton Cases Copy Share Image
Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. Perhaps more has been effected by concealing our own intentions than by discovering those… — Charles Caleb Colton Design Copy Share Image
Literature has her quacks no less than medicine, and they are divided into two classes; those who have erudition without genius, and… — Charles Caleb Colton Books Copy Share Image
Alas! how has the social spirit of Christianity been perverted by fools at one time, and by knaves and bigots at another;… — Charles Caleb Colton Alas Copy Share Image
Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved. — Charles Caleb Colton Inspirational Copy Share Image
There are three difficulties in authorship; to write any thing worth the publishing — to find honest men to publish it —… — Charles Caleb Colton Authorship Copy Share Image
He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and… — Charles Caleb Colton Character Copy Share Image
If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation. — Charles Caleb Colton Courage Copy Share Image
