Charles Caleb Colton Quotes


Subtlety will sometimes give safety, no less than strength; and minuteness has sometimes escaped, where magnitude would have been crushed. The little animal that kills the boa is formidable chiefly from its insignificance, which is incompressible by the folds of its antagonist.


Citations

Colton, Charles Caleb. Lacon; or, Many Things in Few Words. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820.

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  • Born: December 11, 1777
  • Died: April 28, 1832
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Writer

Charles Caleb Colton was an English cleric, writer and collector, well known for his eccentricities.