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He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
By Charles Caleb Colton
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness
By Charles Caleb Colton
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.
By Charles Caleb Colton
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
By Charles Caleb Colton
He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.
By Charles Caleb Colton
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
By Charles Caleb Colton
If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
By Charles Caleb Colton
It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live.
By Charles Caleb Colton
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
By Charles Caleb Colton