Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Coltonwas an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
gratitude revenge games
An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude
revenge pay debt
By paying our other debts, we are equal with all mankind; but in refusing to pay a debt of revenge, we are superior.
revenge enemy remember
I will not be revenged, and this I owe to my enemy; but I will remember, and this I owe to myself.
integrity men cost
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it.
gratitude powerful yield
There are three kinds of praise, that which we yield, that which we lend, and that which we pay. We yield it to the powerful from fear, we lend it to the weak from interest, and we pay it to the deserving from gratitude.
character men support
We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
christian lying thinking
In pulpit eloquence, the grand difficulty lies here--to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves, without attaching any importance to ourselves. The Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince, nor too humbly of himself.
men gold atheism
Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.
atheism three wealth
The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them without preaching, are wealth, health and power.
pain shadow may
Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow.
pain shadow substance
Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow; but the misfortune is that in this particular case, the substance belongs to the shadow, the emptiness to its cause.
men wish argument
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
promise mathematics metaphysics
The science of mathematics performs more than it promises, but the science of metaphysics promises more than it performs.
health men poverty
The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.