Charles Caleb Colton Quote

To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind; but it requires a soul of no common stamp to be satisfied with its own acquittal, and to despise the condemnation of the world.


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


To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind;...

To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind;...

To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind;...

To be satisfied with the acquittal of the world, though accompanied with the secret condemnation of conscience, this is the mark of a little mind;...