What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
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 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
Slight sorrow for sin is sufficient, provided it at the same time produces amendment. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Accountability, Redemption, Repentance, 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
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
The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Accountability, Integrity, Morality, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Approval, Motivation, Virtue, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
It is an easy and vulgar thing to please the mob, and no very arduous task to astonish them. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Entertainment, Manipulation, Populism, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
