What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: Success seems to be that which forms the distinction between confidence and conceit. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
Temperate men drink the most, because they drink the longest. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Drinking, Duration, Moderation, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The present time has one advantage over every other — it is our own. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Advantage, Ownership, Present, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Happiness, Health, Wealth, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Comparison, Martyrdom, Vice, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows us to others, but hides us from ourselves. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Emotions, Perception, Self-awareness, 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
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Progress, Reflection, Tradition, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Avarice, Gaming, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
To get what you want, you have to deserve what you want. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
To win a race, the swiftness of a dart Availeth not without a timely start Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
