Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. 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. If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it. It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends. 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. Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say. Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride. Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder. Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess. 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. Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others. Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner. Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
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