Fire Is The Test Of Gold; Adversity, Of Strong Men.
- Seneca
There Is No Great Genius Without Some Touch Of Madness.
All Art Is An Imitation Of Nature.
The Spirit In Which A Thing Is Given Determines That In Which The Debt Is Acknowledged; It’s The Intention, Not The Face-Value Of The Gift, That’s Weighed.
Nothing Is As Certain As That The Vices Of Leisure Are Gotten Rid Of By Being Busy.
Wealth Is The Slave Of A Wise Man. The Master Of A Fool.
Where The Speech Is Corrupted, The Mind Is Also.
Be Silent As To Services You Have Rendered, But Speak Of Favours You Have Received.
Most Powerful Is He Who Has Himself In His Own Power.
While The Fates Permit, Live Happily; Life Speeds On With Hurried Step, And With Winged Days The Wheel Of The Headlong Year Is Turned.
Laws Do Not Persuade Just Because They Threaten.
You Can Tell The Character Of Every Man When You See How He Receives Praise.
I Shall Never Be Ashamed Of Citing A Bad Author If The Line Is Good.
Speech Is The Mirror Of The Mind. (Imago Animi Sermo Est)
Fate Rules The Affairs Of Mankind With No Recognizable Order.
Live Among Men As If God Beheld You; Speak To God As If Men Were Listening.
Be Not Too Hasty Either With Praise Or Blame; Speak Always As Though You Were Giving Evidence Before The Judgement-Seat Of The Gods.
Dangerous Is Wrath Concealed. Hatred Proclaimed Doth Lose Its Chance Of Wreaking Vengeance.
It Is The Sign Of A Weak Mind To Be Unable To Bear Wealth.
Toil To Make Yourself Remarkable By Some Talent Or Other.
Every Man Prefers Belief To The Exercise Of Judgement.
It Is A Great Thing To Know The Season For Speech And The Season For Silence.
It Is Easier To Exclude Harmful Passions Than To Rule Them, And To Deny Them Admittance Than To Control Them After They Have Been Admitted.
The Best Ideas Are Common Property.
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