English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.

Charles Caleb Colton

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Serge Lang quote: "Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the..."
Of course, screening for HIV did essentially eliminate the transmission of this virus by transfusions. Serge Lang
There are no greater treasures than the highest human qualities such as compassion, courage and hope. Not even tragic accident or disaster can destroy such treasures of the heart. Daisaku Ikeda
Dave Foley quote: "Really, it's only been since the '70s that Canadians have had..."
Really, it's only been since the '70s that Canadians have had any pride in their country. Dave Foley
The psyche of the individual is commensurate with the totality of creative energy. This requires a most radical revision of Western psychology. Stanislav Grof
Hugh Laurie quote: "Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts...."
Screenwriting is the most prized of all the cinematic arts. Actually, it isn't, but it should be. Hugh Laurie
Well, he us a nab, he is mortal, death comes to us all, etcetera, and consequently he would have died anyways, sooner or later. Or to look at it from the social point of view - he's just one man among many, the loss would be well within reason and convenience. Tom Stoppard
We talk about heaven being so far away. It is within speaking distance to those who belong there. Heaven is a prepared place for a prepared people. Dwight L. Moody
So I try not to do press and if you can keep the balance of keeping a certain degree of anonymity and do interesting work then you can hope for a degree of career longevity. Charlie Hunnam
John Steinbeck quote: "For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good..."
For how can one know color in perpetual green, and what good is warmth without cold to give it sweetness? John Steinbeck
Francois Hollande quote: "There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president:..."
There's always a risk when the candidate becomes president: Will he deliver what is expected of him? Francois Hollande
Charlie Chaplin quote: "I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears."
I like to walk in rain, so that nobody can see my tears. Charlie Chaplin
I had hoped that the board would accept Johnny Hon's offer of a loan to buy the stadium back for the club, as I think this would be best way of continuing the long tradition of Cambridge United in Cambridge - and it was a generous offer. Anne Campbell
Barack Obama quote: "The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of..."
The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past. Barack Obama
Except for the small revolutionary groups which exist in all countries, the whole world was determined upon preventing revolution in Spain. In particular the Communist Party, with Soviet Russia behind it, had thrown its whole weight against the revolution. It was the Communist thesis that revolution at this stage would be fatal and that what was to be aimed at in Spain was not workers' control, but bourgeois democracy. It hardly needs pointing out why 'liberal' capitalist opinion took the... George Orwell
I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict. Witold Pilecki