Charles Caleb Colton Quote

He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love. For when we abuse our own profession, we tacitly except ourselves; but when another abuses it, we are far from being certain that this is the case.


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


He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love....

He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love....

He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love....

He that abuses his own profession will not patiently bear with any one else who does so. And this is one of our most subtle operations of self-love....