"The mob is a monster, with the hands……" — Charles Caleb Colton

The mob is a monster, with the hands of Briareus, but the… - Charles Caleb Colton

"The mob is a monster, with the hands of Briareus, but the head of Polyphemus,--strong to execute, but blind to perceive."

— 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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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He… — Teresa of Avila
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is… — Francis Bacon
In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because… — Gerry Adams
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow
The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind… — John Adams
Whoever said love is blind is dead wrong. Love is the only thing that lets us see each other with… — Martha Beck
All satire is blind to the forces liberated by decay. Which is why total decay has absorbed the forces of… — Theodor Adorno
Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in… — Josh Billings
Violence and racism are bad. Whenever they occur they are to be condemned and we should not turn a blind… — Cate Blanchett
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is… — Andrea Bocelli
The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than… — Andrea Bocelli
The blind audition process can be nerve-wracking. — Christina Aguilera

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