What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved? Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
Strong as our passions are, they may be starved into submission, and conquered without being killed. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Control, Passion, Resilience, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Growth, Learning, Wisdom, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Our actions must clothe us with an immortality loathsome or glorious. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Actions, Consequences, Immortality, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Self-denial is often the sacrifice of one sort of self-love for another. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Sacrifice, self-denial, Self-love, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Acquisition, Friendship, Reading, 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
+ We cannot think too highly of our nature, nor too humbly of ourselves. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Humility, Nature, Self-esteem, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
It is always easy to shut a book, but not quite so easy to get rid of a lettered coxcomb. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Arrogance, Books, Difficulty, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I’m not willing just to be tolerated. That wounds my love of love and of liberty. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
If you cannot learn to love real art, at least learn to hate sham art and reject it. William Morris Designer · England
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
