Charles Caleb Colton Quotes About Philosophy

Quotes about: Philosophy

• There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Philosophy, Three, Literature

  "Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think".

• Philosophy is a bully that talks loud when the danger is at a distant; but, the moment she is pressed hard by an enemy, she is nowhere to be found and leaves the brunt of the battle to be fought by her steady, humble comrade, religion.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Philosophy, Humble, Bully

• Philosophy is a goddess, whose head indeed is in heaven, but whose feet are upon earth; she attempts more than she accomplishes, and promises more than she performs.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Philosophy, Feet, Heaven

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.62

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