What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: I’m aiming by the time I’m fifty to stop being an adolescent. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Cowardice, Overcoming, Power, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Error, Ignorance, Truth, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Deception, Growth, Truth, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Benevolence, Execution, Source, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Sacrifice, self-denial, Self-love, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Material, Moral, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Conformity, Deception, Perception, 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
The course of a river is almost always disapproved of by the source. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Mirrors would do well to reflect a little more before sending back images. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
