As there are none so weak that we may venture to injure them with impunity, so there are none so low that… — Charles Caleb Colton Able Copy Share Image
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. — Charles Caleb Colton Charity Copy Share Image
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 Character Copy Share Image
Love may exist without jealousy, although this is rare: but jealousy may exist without love, and this is common; for jealousy can… — Charles Caleb Colton Affection Copy Share Image
The true motives of our actions, like the real pipes of an organ, are usually concealed; but the gilded and hollow pretext… — Charles Caleb Colton Action Copy Share Image
The masses procure their opinions ready made in open market. — Charles Caleb Colton Investing Copy Share Image
The inheritance of a distinguished and noble name is a proud inheritance to him who lives worthily of it. — Charles Caleb Colton Distinguished Copy Share Image
The blindness of bigotry, the madness of ambition, and the miscalculations of diplomacy seek their victims principally amongst the innocent and the… — Charles Caleb Colton Ambition Copy Share Image
Be very slow to believe that you are wiser than all others; it is a fatal but common error. — Charles Caleb Colton Believe Copy Share Image
Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. — Charles Caleb Colton Condensation Copy Share Image
Charles Fox said that restorations were the most bloody of all revolutions; and he might have added that reformations are the best… — Charles Caleb Colton Bloody Copy Share Image
A semi-civilized state of society, equally removed from the extremes of barbarity and of refinement, seems to be that particular meridian under… — Charles Caleb Colton Abundance Copy Share Image
It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox… — Charles Caleb Colton Difficult Copy Share Image
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. — Charles Caleb Colton Effects Copy Share Image
That an author's work is the mirror of his mind is a position that has led to very false conclusions. If Satan… — Charles Caleb Colton Authorship Copy Share Image
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and not a very arduous task to astonish them; but essentially… — Charles Caleb Colton Benefits Copy Share Image
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane,… — Charles Caleb Colton Danger Copy Share Image
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion. — Charles Caleb Colton Indifference Copy Share Image
Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment. — Charles Caleb Colton Amendments Copy Share Image
Antithesis may be the blossom of wit, but it will never arrive at maturity unless sound sense be the trunk and truth… — Charles Caleb Colton Antithesis Copy Share Image
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are. — Charles Caleb Colton Alone Copy Share Image
There is one passage in the Scriptures to which all the potentates of Europe seem to have given their unanimous assent and… — Charles Caleb Colton Atheism Copy Share Image
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a… — Charles Caleb Colton Clauses Copy Share Image
