Charles Caleb Colton

(English author and clergyman; born 1780; died 1832)

Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. [Select]

{Category: Vice and Virtue}

True friendship is like sound health -- the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. [Select]

{Category: Love and Hate}

We are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health. [Select]

Lacon, 1.247 {Category: Vice and Virtue}

When you have nothing to say, say nothing. [Select]

{Category: Wisdom and Ignorance}

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