The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching. Charles Caleb Colton View this quote
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Brutes leave ingratitude to man. Charles Caleb Colton
Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores. Charles Caleb Colton
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person. Charles Caleb Colton
Criticism is like champagne, nothing more execrable if bad, nothing more excellent if good. Charles Caleb Colton
Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness. Charles Caleb Colton
Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set. Charles Caleb Colton
Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable. Charles Caleb Colton
Diffidence is the better part of knowledge. Charles Caleb Colton
Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge. Charles Caleb Colton
British priest and writer
January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832
