Charles Caleb
Charles Caleb
act energy expect pray themselves
We should pray with as much earnestness as those who expect everything from God; we should act with as much energy as those who expect everything from themselves
real deceit our-actions
The true motives of our actions, like the real pipes of an organ, are usually concealed; but the gilded and hollow pretext is pompously placed in the front for show.
discovery action motive
We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when performed by ourselves.
our-actions action immortality
Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
relative richer since wants wealth
Wealth, after all, is a relative thing, since he that has little, and wants less, is richer than he that has much, and wants more
hatred pity seldom
Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed.
asunder equity god hath law man
Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man has put asunder
danger fog mystery sun
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun
few men
Most men know what they hate, few know what they love.
brains display heads knowledge learned pedantry room showy takes
Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.
duplicity forward full integrity simple straight tricks
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.
good man nor trusted unlimited wise
No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power.
drudgery genius man mill school sentence true
To sentence a man of true genius to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse in a mill