Charles Caleb Colton Quote

He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant a virtue in its place; otherwise he will have his labor to renew. A strong soil that has produced weeds may be made to produce wheat with far less difficulty than it would cost to make it produce nothing.


Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan (ed. 1823)


He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant a virtue in its place; otherwise he...

He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant a virtue in its place; otherwise he...

He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant a virtue in its place; otherwise he...

He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant a virtue in its place; otherwise he...