Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Coltonwas an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
freedom tyrants mind
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
two literature may
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
writing justice add
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.
fortune difficulty careful
That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it than those who have inherited one.
humility exercise higher
He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
wise mistake men
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.
truth common theory
Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
flattery imitation
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
flattery imitation form
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
self-esteem war loser
We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.
blessing two differences
There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflec.
branches common truth-is
Professors in every branch of the sciences, prefer their own theories to truth: the reason is that their theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
science mind cost
The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.
real writing editing
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.