He that knows himself knows others. – Charles Caleb Colton
Envy, if surrounded on all sides by the brightness of another’s prosperity, like the scorpion confined within a circle of fire, will sting itself to death. – Charles Caleb Colton
To know a people, 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. – Charles Caleb Colton
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. – Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) British clergyman, sportsman and author.
Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness, when bequeathed by those who. when alive, would not have contributed. – Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) British clergyman, sportsman and author.
It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. – Charles Caleb Colton
Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave. – Charles Caleb Colton
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. – Charles Caleb Colton
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