Frasi di Charles Caleb Colton

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“L'imitazione è la più sincera delle adulazioni.”

“Noi odiamo alcune persone perché non le conosciamo; e non le conosceremo mai perché le odiamo.”

“Gli esami sono terribili anche per i meglio preparati, perché il più stupido fra gli stupidi può fare domande a cui il più saggio fra gli uomini non è in grado di rispondere.”

“Nessuno ama tanto i segreti quanto chi non ha intenzione di mantenerli.”

“Quando non hai niente da dire, non dire niente.”

“We ask advice, but we mean approbation.”

“Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.”

“None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.”

“We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.”

“When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.”

“AMBITION is to the mind, what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower, by reason of our blindness. But alas, when we are at the summit of a vain ambition, we are also at the depth of real misery. We are placed where time cannot improve, but must impair us; where chance and change cannot befriend, but may betray us; in short, by attaining all we wish, and gaining all we want, we have only reached a pinnacle, where we have nothing to hope, but every thing to fear.”

“True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”