Quotes

“The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.” Charles Caleb Colton

“True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.” Charles Caleb Colton

“We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.” Charles Caleb Colton

“I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.” Charles Caleb Colton

“If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.” Charles Caleb Colton

“There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.” Charles Caleb Colton

“In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.” Charles Caleb Colton

“None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.” Charles Caleb Colton

“To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.” Charles Caleb Colton

“There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.” Charles Caleb Colton

“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

“We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.” Charles Caleb Colton

“He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.” Charles Caleb Colton

“The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.” Charles Caleb Colton

“When you have nothing to say, say nothing.” Charles Caleb Colton

“It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.” Charles Caleb Colton

“The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.” Charles Caleb Colton

“If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.” Charles Caleb Colton

“The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.” Charles Caleb Colton

“There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.” Charles Caleb Colton