Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can read more
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.
Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of
goods.
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to
know its pleasures, we read more
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to
know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the
pains of power are real, its pleasure imaginary.
