Creative Quotations from . . .
Charles Caleb Colton
(1780-1832) born on
English "writer, cleric, merchant, eccentric". "He was a noted eccentric, cleric and wine merchant best known for his collection of aphorisms in "Lacon.""
 
   
F
Genius, in one respect, is like gold; numbers of persons are constantly writing about both, who have neither."

R
The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason.
A
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
N
"Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve."
K
"Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "The Cynic's Lexicon," ed. Jonathan Green, 1984."
R: "In "Peter's Quotations," by Laurence J. Peter, 1977."
A: ""Lacon," Vol. I."
N: "In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."
K: "In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991."



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