There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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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...

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

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

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

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.

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

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

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 happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man,...

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man,...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by...

The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by...

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...

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

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

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...

A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we...

A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we...

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that...

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that...

True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost.

True friendship is like sound health, the value is seldom appreciated until it is lost.

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...

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good,...

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good,...

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

Gratitude is the memory of the heart.

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...

Justice belongs to those who claim it, but let the claimant beware lest he create...