“We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions, when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions, when performed by ourselves.”

About Charles Caleb Colton

Writer • English

Charles Caleb Colton was an English cleric, writer, and art collector renowned for his wit and aphoristic style. He is best known for his work "Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words," a collection of pointed maxims...