Quotes by Colton, Charles Caleb

There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but pr >>

The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest >>

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have >>

Quotations about Memory

Remembrance and reflection how allied. What thin partitions divides se >>

When you are right no one remembers; when you are wrong no one forgets >>

The selective memory isn't selective enough. >>

Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.

Colton, Charles Caleb