Inspirational Quotes » C. C. Colton

Quote #16148

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:39 +0000

No company is preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.

Quote #16163

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:39 +0000

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.

Quote #16037

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:38 +0000

He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the least so.

Quote #16021

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:37 +0000

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

Quote #15864

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:36 +0000

The slightest sorrow for sin is sufficient if it produce amendment, and the greatest insufficient if it do not.

Quote #15774

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:35 +0000

We ought not be over anxious to encourage innovation, in case of doubtful improvement, for an old system must ever have two advantages over a new one; it is established and it is understood.

Quote #15796

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:35 +0000

Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels; first to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms rather than things; and secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ in worth contending about.

Quote #15714

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:34 +0000

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. The pains of power are real; its pleasures imaginary.

Quote #15721

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:34 +0000

There is this paradox in pride – it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

Quote #15757

admin — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:14:34 +0000

There is a diabolical trio existing in the natural man, implacable, inextinguishable, co-operative and consentaneous, pride, envy, and hate; pride that makes us fancy we deserve all the goods that others possess; envy that some should be admired while we are overlooked; and hate, because all that is bestowed on others, diminishes the sum we think due to ourselves.