Charles Caleb Colton Quotes about Fear

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Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.

Pure truth, like pure gold, has been found unfit for circulation because men have discovered that it is far more convenient to adulterate the truth than to refine themselves.

Charles Caleb Colton

Truth, Fear, Men

Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.367

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Charles Caleb Colton

Fear, Despise

Charles Caleb Colton (1836). “Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.421

The interests of society often render it expedient not to utter the whole truth, the interests of science never: for in this field we have much more to fear from the deficiency of truth than from its abundance.

Charles Caleb Colton

Truth, Fear, Fields

Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”