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
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 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 The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: prejudice time humility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: honesty reputation praise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: power Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: money grace propriety 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
The greatest friend of Truth is time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion Humility. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: prejudice time humility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: honesty reputation praise Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: power Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give. —Charles Caleb Colton More about this quote Tags: money grace propriety Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
More quotations tagged with “writing” Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. —Carol Burnett More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. —C. S. Lewis More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. —Bobby Knight More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage. —Blaise Pascal More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded. —Ann Radcliffe More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. —Carol Burnett More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. —C. S. Lewis More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter. —Bobby Knight More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Not every story has explosions and car chases. That's why they have nudity and espionage. —Blaise Pascal More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded. —Ann Radcliffe More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email