Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Coltonwas an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
success pride winning
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.
wisdom knowledge literature
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
writing men profound
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
done literature harm
When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.
real evil lasts
There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary.
life distance journey
Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find that they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived.
inspirational depressing adversity
All adverse and depressing influences can be overcome, not by fighting, by by rising above them.
opportunity men often-is
Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
rising-in-the-morning years rising-up
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.
pride men becoming
There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
angel pride men
Of all the marvelous works of God, perhaps the one angels view with the most supreme astonishment, is a proud man.
knowledge pay despise
To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
pride keepers
Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.