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

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

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...

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

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...

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion...

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion...

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...

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely...

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely...

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise...

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

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

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

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

And therefore education at the University mostly worked by the age-old method of putting a...

Age withers only the outside.

Age withers only the outside.

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in...

I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in...