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 Quotations
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
Men will wrangle for religion write for it fight for it die for it anything but--live for it.
We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock of wine; but if we defer tasting them too long, we shall find that both are soured by age.
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
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.
We hate some persons because we do not know them and we will not know them because we hate them.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility.
There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.
Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - never.
Times of general calamity and confusion create great minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storms.
He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the least so.
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.