The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight

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...

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty...

To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty...

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

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

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely...

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely...

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...

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...

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

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...

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate,...

Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate,...

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed...

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed...

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion...

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

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...

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.

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...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.