In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted there, we can descend at any time; but if we begin with the lowest, to ascend is impossible.


Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think (ed. 1836)

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted...

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted...

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted...

In all societies, it is advisable to associate if possible with the highest; not that the highest are always the best, but because, if disgusted...