Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Coltonwas an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
certainly english-writer stand three time virtue
He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.
writing men three
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
atheism three wealth
The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power.
philosophy literature three
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
progress three-things vices
He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
born men order twice
Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
giving literature doe
That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.
flattery form
Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
duplicity english-writer full integrity simple trick
Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.
ability apply energies growing mental physical requisite success
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
difference generally greatest happiest happiness himself thinks
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.
good man trusted unlimited wise
No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
dull influence authorship
There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.
winter age lapland
Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun.