“None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.”
Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
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Famous Charles Caleb Colton Quotes
“The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue.”
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
“When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so.”
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think
Source: Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son on men and manners. To which are added, selections from Colton's 'Lacon'.
“Women generally consider consequences in love, seldom in resentment.”
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think
“War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.”
Source: Lord Chesterfield's advice to his son on men and manners. To which are added, selections from Colton's 'Lacon'.
“A youth without fire is followed by an old age without experience.”
Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think