Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Quote by Horace

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A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

Clogged with yesterday's excess, the body drags the mind down with it.

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but,...

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

It is your business when the wall next door catches fire.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

Fidelity is the sister of justice.

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...

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

O imitators, you slavish herd!

O imitators, you slavish herd!

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

A good scare is worth more than good advice.

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as...

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

Pale Death beats equally at the poor man's gate and at the palaces of kings.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

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

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

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

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...

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to...

Justice and truth are too such subtle points that our tools are too blunt to...

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

There's more truth in comedy than in tragedy.

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...

I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason...