Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, read more
When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should take it for our own, and make an immediate application of it, as we would of the advice of a friend whom we have purposely consulted
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.
Is made more sacred by adversity.
Is made more sacred by adversity.
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.
