The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody’s watching. Charles Caleb Colton View this quote
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us – never cease to instruct – never cloy. Charles Caleb Colton
Charles Caleb Colton
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture. Charles Caleb Colton
Courage is generosity of the highest order, for the brave are prodigal of the most precious things. Charles Caleb Colton
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer. Charles Caleb Colton
False reasoners are often best confuted by giving them the full swing of their own absurdities. Charles Caleb Colton
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. Charles Caleb Colton
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship – never. Charles Caleb Colton
Genius in one grand particular is like life. We know nothing of either but by their effects. Charles Caleb Colton
Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither. Charles Caleb Colton
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
British priest and writer
January 1st, 1780 - January 1st, 1832
