Maxioms by 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.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.
Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity.
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.
Is made more sacred by adversity.
Is made more sacred by adversity.
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
