Charles Caleb Colton citáty

„Přátelství může skončit láskou, ale láska nikdy nemůže skončit přátelstvím.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Varianta: Přátelství může končit láskou, ale láska nemůže nikdy končit přátelstvím.

„Zkoušky jsou hrozné i pro nejlépe připraveného, protože i ten největší hlupák se může tázat víc, než může nejmoudřejší odpovědět.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

„Skutečné přátelství je jako pevné zdraví; stěží se uvědomujeme jeho hodnotu, dokud o něj nepřijdeme.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

„Člověk je ztělesněný paradox, uzlík protikladů.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

„Chceš-li mít nepřátele, vyzvedej se nad ně. Chceš-li mít přátele, dovol jim vyniknout nad tebou.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

„Ten, jenž se nelíbí nikomu, není tak hoden politování jako ten, jemuž se nikdo nelíbí.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

„Jestli chceš být znám a nic nevědět, přebývej na vesnici; jestli chceš vědět a nebýt znám, žij ve městě.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Daniel Weis: Everlasting Wisdom, Paragon Publishing, Rothersthorpe, 2010, ISBN 978-1-907611-48-3, přeložil Zdeněk Vrbík

„Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship—never.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. II; LXXXIII
Lacon

„When you have nothing to say, say nothing;“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; CLXXXIII
Lacon
Kontext: When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.

„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;“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; CCCCXXVII (7th Edition, published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, in 1821)
Lacon
Kontext: 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.

„He that sympathizes in all the happiness of others, perhaps himself enjoys the safest happiness.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; XXXIII
Lacon (1820)

„Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by thanking his rank for his talent.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; VIII
Lacon (1820)

„An elegant writer has observed, that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; LXXI
Lacon (1820)

„If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; CCCXXXIV
Lacon (1820)

„No man can purchase his virtue too dear, for it is the only thing whose value must ever increase with the price it has cost us.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; XXVI
Lacon (1820)

„With books, as with companions, it is of more consequence to know which to avoid, than which to choose; for good books are as scarce as good companions.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Preface
Lacon (1820)

„It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol. I; CCLXXXVI
Lacon (1820)

„Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Zdroj: Lacon (1820) Vol. II; CCXLVIII

„AMBITION is to the mind, what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower, by reason of our blindness. But alas, when we are at the summit of a vain ambition, we are also at the depth of real misery. We are placed where time cannot improve, but must impair us; where chance and change cannot befriend, but may betray us; in short, by attaining all we wish, and gaining all we want, we have only reached a pinnacle, where we have nothing to hope, but every thing to fear.“

—  Charles Caleb Colton

Vol I; XXXVII
Lacon (1820)