The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching. Charles Caleb Colton View this quote
Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed. Charles Caleb Colton
Life is the jailer of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is death. Charles Caleb Colton
Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm. Charles Caleb Colton
Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by thanking his rank for his talent. Charles Caleb Colton
Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it. Charles Caleb Colton
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them. Charles Caleb Colton
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. Charles Caleb Colton
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
No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us. Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. Charles Caleb Colton
British priest and writer
January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832
