Charles Caleb Colton Quote

What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but as constantly believed; that cheats us with the sound instead of the substance, and with the blossom instead of the fruit. Like Juno, she is a goddess in pursuit, but a cloud in possession.


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


What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but...

What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but...

What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but...

What is earthly happiness? that phantom of which we hear so much, and see so little; whose promises are constantly given and constantly broken, but...