Charles Caleb Colton

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.

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, read more

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, read more

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as read more

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a read more

To sentence a man of true genius, to the drudgery of a school is to put a racehorse on a treadmill.