Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised read more
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe
it to sinister and interested motives if they can.
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.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.
