210 ordspråk av Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
 Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion. |
| Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another. |
| Pity is a thing often vowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. |
| Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing. |
| 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. |
| Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It is the highest order of wit, as it indicates the coolest yet quickest exercise of genius, at a moment when the passions are roused. |
| Reply to wit with gravity, and to gravity with wit. |
| Revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude |
| Secrecy is the soul of all great designs. |
| Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish |
| Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded |
| Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy |
| Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live |
| Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live |
| Suicide sometimes proceeds from cowardice, but not always; for cowardice sometimes prevents it; since as many live because they are afraid to die, as die because they are afraid to live |
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