It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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

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

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.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time.

The gods never let us love and be wise at the same time.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

Debt is the slavery of the free

Debt is the slavery of the free

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.

One ungrateful man does an injury to all who stand in need of aid.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

Practice is the best of all instructors.

A wise man will be the master of his mind. A fool will be it's...

A wise man will be the master of his mind. A fool will be it's...

To do two things at once is to do neither.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

Each day is the scholar of yesterday.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

If you wish to reach the highest, begin at the lowest.

In quarreling the truth is always lost

In quarreling the truth is always lost

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Speech is the mirror of the soul.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

Do not despise the bottom rungs in the ascent to greatness.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.

Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.