Charles Caleb Colton Quote

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.


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


Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.

Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.