Quote #7
Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.
More from Charles Caleb Colton
- Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.
- If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; If you would know, and not be known, live in a city.
- It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies, seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
- The debt which cancels all others.
- Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- An act, by which we make one friend, and one enemy, is a losing game, because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude.
- When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
- An upright minister asks, what recommends a man, a corrupt minister asks who.