It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it…

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less...

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less...

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 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...

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...

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

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.

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...

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.

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 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...

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and...

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and...

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.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

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...