Charles Caleb Colton Quotes About Lying

Quotes about: Lying

• In pulpit eloquence, the grand difficulty lies here--to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves, without attaching any importance to ourselves. The Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince, nor too humbly of himself.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Christian, Lying, Thinking

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.44

• Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate, the nearer we arrive unto it.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Lying, Ignorance, Deeper

  Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). “L.P.”, p.480

• Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Lying, Nurse, Cradle

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.10

• The wise man has his follies, no less than the fool; but it has been said that herein lies the difference--the follies of the fool are known to the world, but hidden from himself; the follies of the wise are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Wise, Wisdom, Lying

  Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”, p.108

• Ignorance lies at the bottom of all human knowledge, and the deeper we penetrate the nearer we arrive unto it. For what do we truly know, or what can we clearly affirm, of any one of those important things upon which all our reasonings must of necessity be built--time and space, life and death, matter and mind?

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Lying, Ignorance, Space

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”

• Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Lying, Men, Shining

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.58

• Pride is less ashamed of being ignorant, than of being instructed, and she looks too high to find that, which very often lies beneath her.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Lying, Pride, Ignorant

  Charles Caleb Colton (1824). “Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think”, p.113

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