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There are 105 quotes for the author Charles Caleb Colton

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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.
Subject: Writing

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
Subject: Fashion

Riches may enable us to confer favours, but to confer them with propriety and grace requires a something that riches cannot give.
Subject: Money

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.
Subject: Reputation

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.
Subject: Books

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.

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

Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores.

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.

Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.

There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

We believe that the applause of silence is the only kind that counts.

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.

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