<P> Colton's books, including collections of epigrammatic aphorisms and short essays on conduct, though now almost forgotten, had a phenomenal popularity in their day . Toward the end of 1820, Colton published Lacon, or Many Things in Few Words, addressed to those who think., in a small cheap edition . It attracted attention and praise, however, and five additional printings were issued in 1821 . Lacon, Vol. II appeared in 1822 . In 1822, Colton re-published a previous work on Napoleon, with extensive additions, under the title of The Conflagration of Moscow . In Paris he printed An Ode on the Death of Lord Byron for private circulation and continued to write . At his death he left an unpublished poem of 600 lines called Modern Antiquity . </P> <P> In the twentieth century and to the present day Colton has been read most frequently perhaps in quotation books, including Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, where many of his aphorisms have been preserved . </P> <P> One of Colton's most famous quotes: "Imitation is the sincerest (form) of flattery". </P>

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