Charles Caleb Colton Quotes about Adversity

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He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

Charles Caleb Colton

Adversity, Prosperity, Shrinks

Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.

Charles Caleb Colton

Adversity, Blessing, Sometimes

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

Charles Caleb Colton

Success, Congratulations, Adversity

The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.

Charles Caleb Colton

Gratitude, Revenge, Adversity

Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.297

There is an elasticity in the human mind, capable of bearing much, but which will not show itself, until a certain weight of affliction be put upon it; its powers may be compared to those vehicles whose springs are so contrived that they get on smoothly enough when loaded, but jolt confoundedly when they have nothing to bear.

Charles Caleb Colton

Spring, Adversity, Mind

Charles Caleb Colton (1823). “Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan”, p.199