It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what they do, not from what they say. Hence they have one code of maxims for profession and another for practice, and make up their consciences as the Neapolitans do their beds, with one set of furniture for show and another for use.


Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think (ed. 1832)

Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what they do, not from what they say. Hence they...

It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what they do, not from what they say. Hence they...

It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what they do, not from what they say. Hence they...

It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what they do, not from what they say. Hence they...