Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
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.
If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all read more
If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand read more
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body; we are half dead before we understand our disorder, and half cured when we do.
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.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
