To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledg…

Charles Caleb Colton
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To despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.
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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.421
Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.217
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1823). Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
Pity a thing often avowed, seldom felt; hatred is a thing often felt, seldom avowed. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.200
Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who … ▶

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