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Charles Caleb Colton: To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for…

To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us,--when we succeed, it betrays us.

In today’s wordsTo know someone, watch how he wins rather than how he loses; when we fail, pride props us up, and when we succeed, it betrays us.

Charles Caleb ColtonCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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