The talkative listen to no one, for they are ever speaking. And the first evil that attends those who know not to be silent is that they hear nothing.
Our senses through ignorance of Reality, falsely tell us that what appears to be, is. FEAR = False Evidence Appearing Real
The richest soil, if uncultivated, produces the rankest weeds.
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
For the wise man, every day is a festival.
It was not important how many enemies there are, but where the enemy is
There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend.
The poor go to war, to fight and die for the delights, riches, and superfluities of others.
Fate leads him who follows it, and drags him who resist.
God is the brave man's hope, and not the coward's excuse.
Character is simply habit long continued.
Proper listening is the foundation of proper living.
Reason speaks and feeling bites
Knavery is the best defense against a knave.
Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.
Neither blame or praise yourself.
For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage.
As bees extract honey from thyme, the strongest and driest of herbs, so sensible men often get advantage and profit from the most awkward circumstances.
When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
Poverty is dishonorable, not in itself, but when it is a proof of laziness, intemperance, luxury, and carelessness; whereas in a person that is temperate, industrious, just and valiant, and who uses all his virtues for the public good, it shows a great and lofty mind.
Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity.
Water and our necessary food are the only things that wise men must fight for.
When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.
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