Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
Author: Charles Caleb Colton
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.
War kills men and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants and so saves societies.
War kills men and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants and so saves societies.
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches but they mean the riches possessed by others.
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches but they mean the riches possessed by others.
The greatest friend of truth is Time her greatest enemy is Prejudice and her constant companion is Humility.
The greatest friend of truth is Time her greatest enemy is Prejudice and her constant companion is Humility.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces nor slander us behind our backs nor intrude upon our privacy nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces nor slander us behind our backs nor intrude upon our privacy nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life by indifference by philosophy and by religion.
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life by indifference by philosophy and by religion.
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed than for those who deny the whole of it.
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed than for those who deny the whole of it.
Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.
Patience is the support of weakness impatience the ruin of strength.