What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
He that has never suffered extreme adversity knows not the full extent of his own depravation. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Adversity, Self-awareness, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The most zealous converters are always the most rancorous when they fail of producing conversion. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Conversion, Failure, 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
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
In answering an opponent, arrange your ideas, but not your words. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Clarity, Debate, Logic, 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
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
The most consistent men are not more unlike to others, than they are at times to themselves. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Conformity, Identity, Inconsistency, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
There is something all life has in common, and when I know what it is I shall know myself. Jean Craighead George
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France