What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Freedom, Oppression, Power, 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
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
Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out our brains to make room for it. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Critique, Intelligence, Knowledge, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Consequences, Debt, Possession, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Choice, Evils, Foresight, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Choices, Leadership, Morality, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Gratitude, Language, Metaphysics, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The body is to be compared, not to a physical object, but rather to a work of art. Maurice Merleau-Ponty Philosopher · France
Whenever I see a Frans Hals I feel like painting, but when I see a Rembrandt I feel like giving up! Max Liebermann Painter · Germany
