Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Quote by Robert South

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Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...