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

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

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...

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...

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put...

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put...

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

Habit will reconcile us to everything but change

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...

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men...

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant...

The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant...

Mystery is not profoundness

Mystery is not profoundness

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive,...

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive,...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

The three great apostles of practical atheism, that make converts without persecuting, and retain them...

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...

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...

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never.

Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and...

There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

In heaven I yearn for knowledge, account all else inanity; On earth I confess an...

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...

It is peculiarly the business of a monitor to keep his own reputation untainted, lest...