What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Courage, Indignation, Justice, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Conceit, Confidence, Success, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Friendship, Misfortunes, Support, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Attainment, Power, Responsibility, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Caution, Decision, Graciousness, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Love, Pride, Vanity, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it’s set a rolling it must increase. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Corruption, Increase, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Equity, Law, Separation, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The extreme limit of wisdom, that’s what the public calls madness. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There are truths which one can only say after having won the right to say them. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France