How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise.
Charles Caleb ColtonHe that aspires to be the head of a party will find it more difficult to please his friends than to perplex his foes. He must often act from false reasons which are weak, because he dares not avow the true reasons which are strong.
Charles Caleb ColtonGenius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither.
Charles Caleb ColtonPedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
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