Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Gratitude Quotes, Revenge Quotes

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest...

Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest...

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than...

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

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...

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...

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 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...

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be...

There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be...

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,...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

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.

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

Imitation is the sincerest flattery

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...

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...

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...

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly...

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly...

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

We ask advice, but we mean approbation.

Never belittle a good deed, no matter how small. The last thing that someone trying...

Never belittle a good deed, no matter how small. The last thing that someone trying...

A woman's counsel is not worth much, but he that despises it is no wiser...

A woman's counsel is not worth much, but he that despises it is no wiser...