Maxioms by Charles Caleb Colton
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to read more
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.
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
Contemporaries appreciate the man rather than his merit; posterity will regard the merit rather than the man.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
