Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our

Summary

This quote emphasizes the significance of reputation and life, portraying them as the most valuable assets we possess. It points out the unfortunate reality that a mere rumor or gossip can easily ruin our reputation, while even the smallest threat or attack can compromise our life. The quote serves as a reminder to be cautious of our conduct and to acknowledge the vulnerability of these precious aspects, urging us to protect and cherish them.

Topics

Reputation

By Charles Caleb Colton

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man who believes only lies.

Deception/lying

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinion

Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are not even capable of forming such opinions.

Albert Einstein

Opinions

There is plenty of room at the top -- but no place to sit do

There is plenty of room at the top -- but no place to sit down.

Success & Failure

Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have alw

Management interests me at some stage in my life, I have always said that. When that will be I really couldn't tell you.

Life

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, a

I am your fairy tale. Your dream. Your wishes and desires, and I am your thirst and your hunger and your food and your drink.

Food

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went t

I don't have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.

We have already found a high degree of personal liberty, and

We have already found a high degree of personal liberty, and we are now struggling to enhance equality of opportunity. Our commitment to human rights must be absolute, our laws fair, our natural beauty preserved; the powerful must not persecute the weak, and human dignity must be enhanced.

Beauty Equality Rights Liberty Opportunity

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest

Ohne Hast, aber ohne Rast. - Without haste, but without rest.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Philosophy Rest Haste

Pero precisamente por ser un veterano en estas lides puedo a

Pero precisamente por ser un veterano en estas lides puedo afirmar con Ã©nfasis que no existe en el mundo mejor lugar que el autobÃºs para explorar la rica fauna humana, en vivo y sin prejuicios antropolÃ³gicos

Creativity Inspirational

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.

Joy Excitement

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sph

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.

Art

Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twent

Give me a kiss, and to that kiss a score; Then to that twenty, add a hundred more: A thousand to that hundred: so kiss on, To make that thousand up a million. Treble that million, and when that is done, Let's kiss afresh, as when we first begun.