“The wisest man may be wiser to-day than he was yesterday, and to-morrow than he is to-day.”

About Charles Caleb Colton

1780 – 1832

English cleric and writer, author of "Lacon: or, Many Things in Few Words".

“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.”

“That writer does the most, who gives his reader the most knowledge, and takes from him the least time.”

“Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right, without them.”

“It is in the character of growth that we should learn from both pleasant and unpleasant experiences.”

“We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning.”

“Learn to know thy heart, And, as the times, so let thy manners change, For by the law of change a new God rules.”

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“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

“Give thyself time to learn something new and good, and cease to be whirled around.”

“For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.”