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Small: Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor
"Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor"
John Churton Collins, Critic
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Small: When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done and when they disapprove you, what go
Charles Caleb Colton
"When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much a
Charles Caleb Colton
"Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost
Charles Caleb Colton
"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence
Charles Caleb Colton
"The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease
Charles Caleb Colton
"Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind
Charles Caleb Colton
"Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused
Charles Caleb Colton
"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"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented
Charles Caleb Colton
"The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integr
Charles Caleb Colton
"Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands o
Charles Caleb Colton
"It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse for vice, v
Charles Caleb Colton
"He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost
Charles Caleb Colton
"Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those
Peter Ustinov
"The social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for all those whose premature frustrations led them into the sterile alleys of confrontation"
Peter Ustinov, Actor
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Small: Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night af
Peter Ustinov
"Playwrights are like men who have been dining for a month in an Indian restaurant. After eating curry night after night, they deny the existence of asparagus"
Peter Ustinov, Actor
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Small: People who reach the top of the tree are only those who havent got the qualifications to detain them at the bo
Peter Ustinov
"People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom"
Peter Ustinov, Actor
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Small: When you have nothing to say, say nothing
Charles Caleb Colton
"When you have nothing to say, say nothing"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed
Charles Caleb Colton
"We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to
Charles Caleb Colton
"The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason they made no such demand
Charles Caleb Colton
"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, Writer
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Small: Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable
Charles Caleb Colton
"Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, no
Charles Caleb Colton
"The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fierce
Charles Caleb Colton
"The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple
Charles Caleb Colton
"Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than
Charles Caleb Colton
"In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism if from the ancients, it will be cr
Charles Caleb Colton
"If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place
Charles Caleb Colton
"He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that b
Charles Caleb Colton
"Commerce flourishes by circumstances, precarious, transitory, contingent, almost as the winds and waves that bring it to our shores"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, ar
Charles Caleb Colton
"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"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish
Charles Caleb Colton
"There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Mystery is not profoundness
Charles Caleb Colton
"Mystery is not profoundness"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Liberty will not descend to a people a people must raise themselves to liberty it is a blessing that must be e
Charles Caleb Colton
"Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do justice to myself induces
Charles Caleb Colton
"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"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
Charles Caleb Colton
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: 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
"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, Writer
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Small: He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are
Charles Caleb Colton
"He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man
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, Writer
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Small: There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence
Charles Caleb Colton
"There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them
Charles Caleb Colton
"There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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Small: It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends
Charles Caleb Colton
"It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends"
Charles Caleb Colton, Writer
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