What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: That cowardice is incorrigible which the love of power cannot overcome. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Growth, Learning, Wisdom, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Forgiveness, Memory, self-care, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Gravity, Levity, Wisdom, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Choice, Companionship, Merit, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Contempt, Humanity, Knowledge, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Unlike the sun, intellectual luminaries shine brightest after they set. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Legacy, Time, Wisdom, 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
Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Evaluation, Perception, Quality, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
If it has to choose who is to be crucified, the crowd will always save Barabbas. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
