Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Fame Quotes, Funerals Quotes

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...

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that...

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that...

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

Anguish of mind has driven thousands to suicide; anguish of body, none. This proves that...

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...

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...

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent;...

Gross and vulgar minds will always pay a higher respect to wealth than to talent;...

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events...

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events...

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...

The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which...

The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which...

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...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

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

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

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...

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out...

Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold...