Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most
knowledge, and takes from him the least time.
That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most
knowledge, and takes from him the least time.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as read more
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to read more
The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a read more
To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.
