Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, read more
Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but live for it.
Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains read more
Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
