The intoxication of anger, like that of the grape, shows up to others,
but hides us from ourselves, and we injure our own cause, in the
opinion of the world, when we too passionately and eagerly defend it.
-- Charles Caleb Colton
but hides us from ourselves, and we injure our own cause, in the
opinion of the world, when we too passionately and eagerly defend it.
-- Charles Caleb Colton
Related:
- We ask advice, but we mean approbation.
--
Charles Caleb... - When we call others dogmatic, what we really object to is their holding
dogmas that are different from our own.
Professor Charles P.... - When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
--
Charles Caleb... - What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and
the world remains and is immortal.
Albert... - Life often presents us with a choice of evils rather than of goods.
Charles Caleb... - True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known
until it be lost.
Charles Caleb... - We once were as you are. Spears and arrows. There came a time when
our weapons grew faster than our wisdom,
and we almost destroyed ourselves. We learned from... - We are cold to others only when we are dull in
ourselves... - Oh give me your pity!
I'm on a committee, We attend and amend
Which means that from morning And contend and defend
to night,
Without a conclusion in sight. We confer and concur...
