"It is seldom that statesmen have the option……" — Charles Caleb Colton

"It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil."

— Charles Caleb Colton

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484 Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton has 484 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Friendship often ends in love, but love in friendship - never.
We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves.
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that…
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number;…
Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us…
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud…
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.
Pride, like the magnet, constantly points to one object, self; but, unlike the magnet, it has no attractive pole, but…
We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine, but if defer…
Opinions, like showers, are generated in high places, but they invariably descend into lower ones, and ultimately flow down to…

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More Choosing Quotes

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I'd love to remain a secret and still work, but I also want people to see the movies I'm in… — Christian Bale
In choosing Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney made a fantastic choice and a bold statement to the American people. — Bob Beauprez
Whether you've seen angels floating around your bedroom or just found a ray of hope at a lonely moment, choosing… — Martha Beck
Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control… — Robert Foster Bennett
Choosing to be in the theatre was a way to put my roots down somewhere with other people. It was… — Juliette Binoche
My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the… — Jeff Bridges
My m.o. as far as choosing projects is I really try not to work. I try to not do the… — Jeff Bridges
Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us… — Louisa May Alcott
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
A man divorcing would never be accused of choosing career over children. — Jennifer Aniston
Freedom means choosing your burden. — Unknown Author
No man in his senses can hesitate in choosing to be free, rather than a slave. — Alexander Hamilton

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