Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can read more
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
Imitation is the sincerest flattery
Imitation is the sincerest flattery
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus read more
The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.
