The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own. Charles Caleb Colton advantagepresenttime Change image and share on social
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. Charles Caleb Colton contemporarymeritperson Change image and share on social
Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. Charles Caleb Colton admirationapparentdifficulty Change image and share on social
To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread. Charles Caleb Colton begbespeakbread Change image and share on social
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies. Charles Caleb Colton badcrushdeplore Change image and share on social
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance. Charles Caleb Colton avariceextravaganceruine Change image and share on social
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. Charles Caleb Colton bringcircumstancecommerce Change image and share on social
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say. Charles Caleb Colton addadmitcease Change image and share on social
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Charles Caleb Colton flatteryformimitation Change image and share on social
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. Charles Caleb Colton goodheadheart Change image and share on social
