What did Charles Caleb Colton mean by: We should choose our books as we would our companions, for their sterling and intrinsic merit. Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England Copy
It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Acquisition, Morality, Wealth, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Friendship, Loss, Value, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
It is the briefest yet wisest maxim which tells us to meddle not. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Advice, Restraint, Wisdom, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
Purity lives and derives its life solely from the Spirit of God. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Divine, Purity, Spirituality, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
I’m aiming by the time I’m fifty to stop being an adolescent. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Growth, Maturity, Self-awareness, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles Caleb Colton, Genius, Reason, 0 Charles Caleb Colton Writer · England
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
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
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A lofty birth or a large fortune portend merit, and cause it to be the sooner noticed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life. Read explanation Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
