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Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver Picture Quote #1

Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds Picture Quote #1

The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal Picture Quote #1

To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it Picture Quote #1

Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual Picture Quote #1

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum Picture Quote #1

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Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another’s prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death Picture Quote #1

Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived Picture Quote #1

Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness Picture Quote #1

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it’s set a rolling it must increase Picture Quote #1

It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors Picture Quote #1

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them Picture Quote #1

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This idol gold can boast of two peculiarities: it is worshipped in all climates without a single temple, and by all classes without a single hypocrite Picture Quote #1

Rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in; it is the quackery of eloquence, and deals in nostrums, not in cures Picture Quote #1

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A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) The victim to too severe a law is considered as a martyr rather than a criminal (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Love is an alliance of friendship and animalism; if the former predominates it is passion exalted and refined; if the latter, gross and sensual (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another’s prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Flattery is often a traffic of mutual meanness, where although both parties intend deception, neither are deceived (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it’s set a rolling it must increase (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) It is not so difficult a task as to plant new truths, as to root out old errors (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many books that owe their success to two things; good memory of those who write them, and the bad memory of those who read them (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) This idol gold can boast of two peculiarities: it is worshipped in all climates without a single temple, and by all classes without a single hypocrite (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes) Rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in; it is the quackery of eloquence, and deals in nostrums, not in cures (Charles Caleb Colton Quotes)

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