Total freedom from error is what none of us will allow to our neighbors; however we may be inclined to flirt a little with such spotless perfection ourselves.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThere are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!
More Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
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There are male as well as female gossips.
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He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.
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Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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As the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
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Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.
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It is better to meet danger than to wait for it.
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The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
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We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree.
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Fortune, like other females, prefers a lover to a master, and submits with impatience to control; but he that wooes her with opportunity and importunity will seldom court her in vain.
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The man of pleasure, by a vain attempt to be more happy than any man can be, is often more miserable than most men are.
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Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.
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Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.
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Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.
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True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
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