Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.
Charles Caleb Colton

Courage, Brave, Opinion

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.
Charles Caleb Colton

Age, Against, Youth

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
Charles Caleb Colton

Adversity, United, Flame

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
Charles Caleb Colton

Wise, Fool, Mistakes

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
Charles Caleb Colton

Society, Down, Living

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
Charles Caleb Colton

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
Charles Caleb Colton

Men, Find, Honest

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.
Charles Caleb Colton

Happiness, Daily, Him

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us.
Charles Caleb Colton

Pride, Rather, Succeed

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.
Charles Caleb Colton

Mean, Advice, Ask

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Charles Caleb Colton

Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
Charles Caleb Colton

Religion, Her, Fools

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.
Charles Caleb Colton

Almost, Bring, Commerce

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Charles Caleb Colton

Success, Adversity, Picture

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Charles Caleb Colton

Person, Rather, Appreciate

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Charles Caleb Colton

Wisdom, Doubt, Through

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship, Made, Adversity

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
Charles Caleb Colton

Life, Happiness, Through

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.
Charles Caleb Colton

Enough, Try, Energy

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.
Charles Caleb Colton

Time, Good, Bad

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.
Charles Caleb Colton

Win, Horse, Four

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Charles Caleb Colton

Live, Known, City

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it.
Charles Caleb Colton

Religion, Politics, Whole

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
Charles Caleb Colton

Friends, Learn, Safe

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.
Charles Caleb Colton

Justice, Nothing, Moment

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: 1780

Died: 1832

Links

Find on Amazon: Charles Caleb Colton

Cite this Page: Citation

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Related Authors

Thomas Paine
Douglas Adams
Gilbert K. Chesterton
John Ruskin
Rudyard Kipling
Agatha Christie
Joseph Addison
Augustus Hare
More

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us