Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

Quote by Terence

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What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to...

For you to ask advice on the rules of love is no better than to...

Extreme law is often extreme injustice.

Extreme law is often extreme injustice.

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they...

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they...

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when...

He makes a great mistake... who supposes that authority is firmer or better established when...

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

There is a demand in these days for men who can make wrong appear right.

So many men, so many opinions.

So many men, so many opinions.

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those...

Riches get their value from the mind of the possessor; they are blessings to those...

In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.

In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.

Their silence is praise enough.

Their silence is praise enough.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much...

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much...

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always...

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always...

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!