What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is reaped in age by pain. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Perception, Wealth, Wisdom, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Sloth, if it has prevented many crimes, has also smothered many virtues. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Laziness, Morality, Virtues, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Insults are engendered from vulgar minds, like toadstools from a dunghill. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Comparison, Degradation, Ignorance, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
+ Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Love, Pride, Vanity, 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
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Friendship, Misfortunes, Support, 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
The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Knowledge, Protection, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
What uniform can I wear to hide my heavy heart? It is too heavy. It will always show. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The pleasure we feel in criticizing robs us from being moved by very beautiful things. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine things. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
