He who spares the bad injures the good.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom

Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom

There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.

There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus...

The happy man is not he who seems thus to others, but who seems thus...

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

Reprove your friends in secret, praise them openly.

What is left when honor is lost?

What is left when honor is lost?

Necessity knows no law except to conquer

Necessity knows no law except to conquer

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely

Pain will force even the truthful to speak falsely

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death.

They live ill who expect to live always

They live ill who expect to live always

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return...

The person who receives the most favors is the one who knows how to return...

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

The eyes are not responsible when the mind does the seeing.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

You cannot put the same shoe on every foot.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.

Count not him among your friends who will retail your privacies to the world.