Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.
More Quotes from Charles Caleb Colton:
Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.Charles Caleb Colton
It is with disease of the mind, as with those of the body we are half dead before we understand our disorder, And half cured when we do.
Charles Caleb Colton
To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
Charles Caleb Colton
Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst of that mess.
Charles Caleb Colton
Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his Banker, but his drafts are seldom honored since there is often a heavy balance against him, because he draws largely on a small capital and is not yet in possession.
Charles Caleb Colton
We ask advice, but we mean approbation.
Charles Caleb Colton
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