The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices...

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices...

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should...

When in reading we meet with any maxim that may be of use, we should...

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring...

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring...

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of...

No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of...

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more...

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more...

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward...

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward...

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive,...

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive,...

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and...

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...

Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after...