Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Charles Caleb Colton Charles Caleb Colton (bapt. 11 December 1777 – 28 April 1832) was an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.
More quotations from Charles Caleb Colton If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: gossip reputation cities villages town Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: love friendship change Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: friendship health loss Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: success pride winning betrayal Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: gossip reputation cities villages town Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: love friendship change Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: friendship health loss Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail our pride supports us; when we succeed, it betrays us. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: success pride winning betrayal Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “books” Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. —Bell Hooks More about this quote Tags: learning books transformation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Wear the old coat and buy the new book. —Austin Phelps More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. —Arnold Lobel More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by-now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews. —Anna Quindlen More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email You can cover a great deal of country in books. —Andrew Lang More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books. —Bell Hooks More about this quote Tags: learning books transformation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Wear the old coat and buy the new book. —Austin Phelps More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Books to the ceiling, Books to the sky, My pile of books is a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. —Arnold Lobel More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There's a certain kind of conversation you have from time to time at parties in New York about a new book. The word "banal" sometimes rears its by-now banal head; you say "underedited," I say "derivative." The conversation goes around and around various literary criticisms, and by the time it moves on one thing is clear: No one read the book; we just read the reviews. —Anna Quindlen More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can cover a great deal of country in books. —Andrew Lang More about this quote Tags: books Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email