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Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.”

451. “Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do despise it.”

452. “Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do despise it.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice.”

453. “Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Sir Richard Steele has observed, that there is this difference between the Church of Rome and the Church of England: the one professes to be infallible, the other to be never in the wrong.”

454. “Sir Richard Steele has observed, that there is this difference between the Church of Rome and the Church of England: the one professes to be infallible, the other to be never in the wrong.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.”

455. “The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “We shall at all times chance upon men of recondite acquirements, but whose qualifications, from the incommunicative and inactive habits of their owners, are as utterly useless to others as though the possessors had them not.”

456. “We shall at all times chance upon men of recondite acquirements, but whose qualifications, from the incommunicative and inactive habits of their owners, are as utterly useless to others as though the possessors had them not.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.”

457. “My lowest days as a Christian have been more fulfilling and rewarding than all the days of glory in the White House.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Fashions smile has given wit to dullness and grace to deformity, and has brought everything into vogue, by turns, but virtue.”

458. “Fashions smile has given wit to dullness and grace to deformity, and has brought everything into vogue, by turns, but virtue.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert.”

459. “That theatrical kind of virtue, which requires publicity for its stage, and an applauding world for its audience, could not be depended on, in the secrecy of solitude, or the retirement of a desert.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too high; but we must remember that men are not angels.”

460. “If our eloquence be directed above the heads of our hearers, we shall do no execution. By pointing our arguments low, we stand a chance of hitting their hearts as well as their heads. In addressing angels, we could hardly raise our eloquence too high; but we must remember that men are not angels.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.”

461. “The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman.”

462. “It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.”

463. “It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “If all seconds were as averse to duels as their principals, very little blood would be shed in that way.”

464. “If all seconds were as averse to duels as their principals, very little blood would be shed in that way.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.”

465. “A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil.”

466. “It is seldom that statesmen have the option of choosing between a good and an evil.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Nobility is a river that sets with a constant and undeviating current, directly into the great Pacific Ocean of Time; but, unlike all other rivers, it is more grand at its source, than at its termination.”

467. “Nobility is a river that sets with a constant and undeviating current, directly into the great Pacific Ocean of Time; but, unlike all other rivers, it is more grand at its source, than at its termination.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another by defeat.”

468. “Emulation looks out for merits, that she may exalt herself by a victory; envy spies out blemishes that she may lower another by defeat.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together, – a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress.”

469. “If often happens too, both in courts and in cabinets, that there are two things going on together, – a main plot and an under-plot; and he that understands only one of them will, in all probability, be the dupe of both. A mistress may rule a monarch, but some obscure favorite may rule the mistress.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool’s calendar.”

470. “Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool’s calendar.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit.”

471. “Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave.”

472. “Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.”

473. “The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it .”

474. “God is on the side of virtue; for whoever dreads punishment suffers it, and whoever deserves it, dreads it .”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.”

475. “There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “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.”

476. “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.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.”

477. “None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as often as by the governed.”

478. “If we trace the history of most revolutions, we shall find that the first inroads upon the laws have been made by the governors, as often as by the governed.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.”

479. “That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.”

480. “No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have all its strength when both the links are in perfection together.”

481. “That alliance may be said to have a double tie, where the minds are united as well as the body; and the union will have all its strength when both the links are in perfection together.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.”

482. “Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.”

483. “He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.”

484. “If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.”

485. “Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.”

486. “In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes.”

487. “In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Anger is practical awkwardness.”

488. “Anger is practical awkwardness.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.”

489. “Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.”

490. “War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.”

491. “The next thing to having wisdom ourselves, is to profit by that of others.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.”

492. “Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself!”

493. “There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself!”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.”

494. “A lady of fashion will sooner excuse a freedom flowing from admiration than a slight resulting from indifference.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts.”

495. “There are two things that bestow consequence; great possession, or great debts.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Purity lives and derives its life solely from the Spirit of God.”

496. “Purity lives and derives its life solely from the Spirit of God.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “In all places, and in all times, those religionists who have believed too much have been more inclined to violence and persecution than those who have believed too little.”

497. “In all places, and in all times, those religionists who have believed too much have been more inclined to violence and persecution than those who have believed too little.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.”

498. “Instead of exhibiting talent in the hope that the world would forgive their eccentricities, they have exhibited only their eccentricities, in the hope that the world would give them credit for talent.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.”

499. “The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton Quote: “Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather than things; and, secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about.”

500. “Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather than things; and, secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about.”

— Charles Caleb Colton

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