Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a …

Charles Caleb Colton
288 citations
Men are more readily contented with no intellectual light than with a little; and wherever they have been taught to acquire some knowledge in order to please others, they have most generally gone on to acquire more, to please themselves. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.247
Reading Thought
29

More Author Quotes

Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual. ✨ Lacon: Or … ▶
Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together. ✨ Lacon Vol. I, Ch. 324
Whenever we find ourselves more inclined to persecute than to persuade, we may then be certain that our zeal has more of pride in it than of charity. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Th … ▶
Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.169

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes