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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Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

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...

No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power

No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with unlimited power

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

Patience is the support of weakness; impatience the ruin of strength.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 ask advice, but we mean approbation.

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on...

It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on...

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...

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

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

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and...

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and...

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...

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...

If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if...

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...

...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that...