There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

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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...

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a...

Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a...

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...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

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...

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...

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they...

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...

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...

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy...

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy...

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

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to...

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but...

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as...

He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler...

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...

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 Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into...

The Bible is a window in this prison of hope, through which we look into...

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and...

We go to school to learn to work hard for money. I write books and...