Strange - is it not? That of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through, Not one returns to tell us of the road Which to discover we must travel too.

Quote by Horace

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Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time...

It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time...

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

He has the deed half done who has made a beginning.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Get money first; virtue comes later.

Get money first; virtue comes later.

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

Pale death, with impartial step, knocks at the hut of the poor and the towers...

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

No poems can please for long or live that are written by water drinkers.

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

He tosses aside his paint-pots and his words a foot and a half long.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

Whatever your advice, make it brief.

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

Why harass with eternal purposes a mind to weak to grasp them?

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Consider the vice president, George Bush, a man so bedeviled by bladder problems that he...

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.