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Charles Caleb Colton Quotes (612 quotes)
 | “It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.” ―Charles Caleb Colton Source/Notes: Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Charles Caleb Colton, 1821 (7th ed.), p. 226 |
| Source/Notes: Lacon: or, Many things in few words (1866 edition) |
| “We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire.” ―Charles Caleb Colton Source/Notes: Preface, pp. vii-viii - Lacon (1851) |
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| “Men will wrangle for religion, write for it, fight for it, die for it; anything but live for it.” ―Charles Caleb Colton Source/Notes: Lacon, vol. I (1820) # 25. - Lacon (1851) |
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Charles Caleb Colton
Born: 1780
Died: 1832 (aged 52)
Nationality: English
Occupation: Writer
Bio: Charles Caleb Colton was an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.
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