Make a good use of the present.

Quote by Horace

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Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

Gloriously false, a maid famous for all time.

He who is greedy is always in want.

He who is greedy is always in want.

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

You may drive out nature with a pitchfork, yet she'll be constantly running back.

A picture is a poem without words.

A picture is a poem without words.

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who,...

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

Virtue, dear friend, needs no defense, The surest guard is innocence: None knew, till guilt...

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

Lawyers are men who hire out their words and anger.

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

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

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

You [the people] are a many-headed beast.

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of...

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

Make money, money by fair means if you can, if not, but any means money.

The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us,...

The age of our fathers, which was worse than that of our ancestors, produced us,...

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

I was born at the age of twelve on an MGM lot.

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall...

Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall...

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.

Hoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop.