#w

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

#down #erudition #moderns #plagiarism #steal

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. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#comforter #console #cure #death #freedom

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

#books #how #know #men #ought

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#companion #even #genius #inseparable #moderation

Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#always #apparent #difficulty #ease #fine

Our incomes should be like our shoes; if too small, they will gall and pinch us; but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#gall #incomes #large #like #our

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

#fail #his #how #know #loses

My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health." - City of Bones (said by Jace Wayland) ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#city-of-bones #entertainment #funny #humor #jace-wayland

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

#become #better #certainly #good #infallibly

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#horse #i #i can #i think #legs