Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. ✨ Charles Caleb Colto…

Charles Caleb Colton
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Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.14
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1824). Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think, p.5
To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1832). Lacon: Or Many Thi … ▶
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When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a very consolatory question. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: … ▶

Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.14

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