Charles Caleb "C. C." Colton (1780-1832) English cleric, writer, aphorist
Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 131 (1822)
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Colton, Charles Caleb - Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Vol. 2, § 131 (1822) | WIST Quotations
A prodigal starts with ten thousand pounds, and dies worth nothing; a miser starts with nothing, and does worth ten thousand pounds. It has been asked which has had the best of it? I should presume the prodigal; he has spent a fortune -- but the miser has only left…






