It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

Quote by Horace

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

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

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to...

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.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, I have...

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

Life is largely a matter of expectation.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

Anger is a short madness.

Anger is a short madness.

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

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

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

When nature made you, they broke the mold - rumor has it they beat the...

We are free to yield to truth.

We are free to yield to truth.

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small,...

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

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

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

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...