What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
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
Pity a thing often avowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Emotions, Hatred, Pity, 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
It is better to have wisdom without learning than learning without wisdom. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Balance, Learning, Wisdom, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Diplomacy, Power, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Friendship, Loss, Value, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Despise, Fear, Pretense, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Choice, Evils, Life, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
How could economics not be behavioral? If it isn’t behavioral, what the hell is it? Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If poverty is the mother of all crimes, lack of intelligence is the father. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
