Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is...

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...

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...

He who knows himself knows others.

He who knows himself knows others.

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who...

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who...

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored...

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

We may lay in a stock of pleasures, as we would lay in a stock...

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

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

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no...

As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try...

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try...

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the...

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we...

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we...

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...