What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: Villainy that is vigilant will be an overmatch for virtue, if she slumber at her post. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
Knavery is supple, and can bend, but honesty is firm and upright and yields not. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Deceit, Integrity, Morality, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Disgust, Ignorance, Pedantry, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Despise, Fear, Pretense, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
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
Error, when she retraces her steps, has farther to go before she can arrive at truth than ignorance. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Error, Ignorance, Truth, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Authenticity, Growth, Self-improvement, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Change, Fallacy, Truth, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The hate which we all bear with the most Christian patience is the hate of those who envy us. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Envy, Jealousy, Resilience, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
Though they may not always be handsome men doomed to evil posses the manly virtues. Jean Genet Playwright · France
