Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds. Charles Caleb Colton associatebodychange share on social
We ask advice, but we mean approbation. Charles Caleb Colton adviceapprobation Change image and share on social
If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win. Charles Caleb Colton horselegride Change image and share on social
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. Charles Caleb Colton afraidcowardicedie Change image and share on social
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. Charles Caleb Colton charityearthfable Change image and share on social
I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent. Charles Caleb Colton adolescentaimfifty Change image and share on social
He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. Charles Caleb Colton energyplaceplant Change image and share on social
Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false. Charles Caleb Colton affirmationconsistfalse Change image and share on social
No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. Charles Caleb Colton aptbadcatch Change image and share on social
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it. Charles Caleb Colton authorshipdifficultyfind Change image and share on social
