The best Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

The best Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton

Charles Caleb Colton (bapt. 11 December 1777 – died 28 April 1832) was an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

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Character Solitude & Loneliness

Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.

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To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread.

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True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.

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Diogenes Laertios Alexander the Great

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

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The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.

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We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

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What I like to drink most is wine that belongs to others.

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He has the most who is most content with the least.

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Happiness Humility

I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.

Alexander the Great

There is nothing impossible to him who will try.

Alexander the Great

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

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Teachers Fathers

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

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Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Alexander the Great

It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

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Character Decisions

Being different isn't a bad thing. It means you're brave enough to be yourself.

Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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Character Self-Confidence

No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

William Blake

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Ambition Character Birds

We can be only who we are; no more, no less.

Terry Goodkind in Das Schwert der Wahrheit - Das erste Gesetz der Magie

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I am thankful to all those who said NO to me. It's because of them I did it myself.

Albert Einstein

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Ambition Character Self-Confidence

Real loneliness is not necessarily limited to when you are alone.

Charles Bukowski

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Solitude & Loneliness

You mean well, but leave me be
Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free

Elsa in Frozen -

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Solitude & Loneliness Introvertierte Sprüche

If we are all alone, then that's also somthing we have together.

Cecelia Ahern in P.S. I Love You

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Solitude & Loneliness

Because nothing sucks more than feeling all alone, no matter how many people are around.

J.D. in Scrubs - Season 2 Episode 18

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Solitude & Loneliness

If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?

Cassandra Clare in The Infernal Devices

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Life Friendship Solitude & Loneliness

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

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