What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears. - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
+ Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, Consequence, Resentment, Women, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, Anger, Hate, Racism, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, War, Writing, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, Peace, Stars, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, Errors, Ignorance, Steps, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, Conquer, Grants, Negotiation, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ Oppression cannot prosper where none will submit to be enslaved. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, Oppression, Submit, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and no very arduous task to astonish them. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Charles Caleb Colton, Advertising, Tasks, 0 - Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is in vain to ridicule a rich fool, for the laughers will be on his side. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Let fools the studious despise, There’s nothing lost by being wise. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
