He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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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...

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 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 present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

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...

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...

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...

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...

Vice has more martyrs than virtue; and it often happens that men suffer more to...

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...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both,...

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...

Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled...

Ignorance is a blank sheet, on which we may write; but error is a scribbled...

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the...

Never join with your friend when he abuses his horse or his wife, unless the...

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing...

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing...

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...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most...

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

Since when was an emotional argument won by logic?

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...

A dangerous conceit: That's one's opponents are winning on the strength of their weakest arguments...