Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton with pride

Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton

English writer

Lived from: 1777 - 1832

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 11 december 1777 Died: 28 april 1832

  • The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation, as a feather and a guinea fall with equel velocity in a vacuum.
  • Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meandering, but leads none of us by the same route
  • Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time, which every day produces, and which most men throw away, but which nevertheless will make at the end of it no small deduction for the life of man.

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  • There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
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  • To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.
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  • When we fail our pride supports us and when we succeed, it betrays us.
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