Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Coltonwas an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
wise men two
Logic is a large drawer, containing some useful instruments, and many more that are superfluous. A wise man will look into it for two purposes, to avail himself of those instruments that are really useful, and to admire the ingenuity with which those that are not so, are assorted and arranged.
flattery imitation form
Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
truth common theory
Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
success achievement silence
Constant success shows us but one side of the world. For as it surrounds us with friends who will tell us only our merits, so it silences those enemies from whom alone we can learn our defects.
wind literature wave
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.
teaching silence statistics
When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
gratitude grateful language
No metaphysician ever felt the deficiency of language so much as the grateful.
ocean sea waiting
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck.
philosophy literature three
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.
inspiration men wife
Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.
optimism doubt literature
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
education teaching knowledge
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
real writing editing
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
conquer negotiation grants
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.