If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fi... -Charles Caleb Colton

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

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Charles Caleb Colton was an English cleric, writer, and collector. He is known for his collection of aphorisms and essays, which reflect his observations on society and human nature. Colton's works have been influential and widely quoted, capturing timeless wisdom and reflections on life.

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes to Explore

He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are....
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good....
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes....
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost....
Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer....
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books....
The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility....
Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away....
The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own....
Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot c...

Relationship Quotes to Explore

The more you're real with people, and the more you let people help you, the more they get to understand how you operate as an entrepreneur. The strong...
I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of...
I'm definitely one of those chicks who want to be in a relationship. I need somebody who can make me laugh and entertain me....
Bad Bunny and I aren't brothers, but we have a good relationship. We compete. We'll compete until the day we die, because he says he's the best, and I...
The strategy we must follow is to defend the special relationship between Great Britain and Europe and, more specifically, between Europe and France....
In the grip of a neurological disorder, I am fast losing control of words even as my relationship with the world has been reduced to them....
Whether you're scared of getting into a relationship; or taking the new job; or a confrontation - you have to size fear up....
The more we can be in a relationship with those who might seem strange to us, the more we can feel like we're neighbors and all members of the human f...
People don't understand that I have a great relationship with my parents - like, how that can exist. There isn't any judgment. They don't necessarily ...
I am not possessive at all. In every relationship I have had, the girl has left me. And the fundamental complaint has been that I am self-contained. I...