To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Courage Quotes, Living Quotes, Meetings Quotes

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them...

We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them...

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...

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...

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.

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

He who knows himself knows others.

He who knows himself knows others.

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...

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...

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...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

It is false to say that you are a vicious man, Zoilus; you are not...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...

The first pressure of sorrow crushes out from our hearts the best wine; afterwards the...