Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

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

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
Charles Caleb Colton

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.
Charles Caleb Colton

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never.
Charles Caleb Colton

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.
Charles Caleb Colton

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
Charles Caleb Colton

That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.
Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
		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 Vote on this Quote: Bad <---> Good
		Author Details: Type: Writer Quotes Category: English Writer Quotes Year of Birth: 1780 Year of Death: 1832 Nationality: English Amazon: Charles Caleb Colton on Amazon	Related Authors: Thomas Paine Rudyard Kipling Gilbert K. Chesterton Douglas Adams Joseph Addison John Ruskin Quentin Crisp Agatha Christie Alain de Botton
		Select Charles Caleb Colton Quotations: When you have nothing to say, say nothing. Charles Caleb Colton We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed. Charles Caleb Colton The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own. Charles Caleb Colton Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never. Charles Caleb Colton We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them. Charles Caleb Colton Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. Charles Caleb Colton That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time. Charles Caleb Colton
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