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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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  • Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
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  • Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
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  • Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.
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  • Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.
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  • Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
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  • Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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  • Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them.
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  • He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.
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  • He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.
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  • Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
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  • It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
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  • Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
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  • Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by other men.
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  • Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
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  • Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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  • No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
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  • None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
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  • Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.
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  • Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
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  • The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
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What are the most famous quotes from Charles Caleb Colton?

The two most famous quotes from Charles Caleb Colton are:

  • "Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness."
  • "Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost."

When did Charles Caleb Colton live?

Charles Caleb Colton was born in 1777 and died in the year 1832.