Imitation is the sincerest flattery.
Charles Caleb Colton
- Life
- 1777-1832
- Occupations
- writer, Anglican priest
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No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
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
Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.
Charles Caleb Colton
There is the difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
Charles Caleb Colton
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.
Charles Caleb Colton