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.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised read more
Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their
friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe
it to sinister and interested motives if they can.
Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains read more
Pedantry is the showy display of knowledge which crams our heads with learned lumber and then takes out our brains to make room for it.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
