Make a good use of the present.

Quote by Horace

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No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed...

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you...

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy...

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.

I teach that all men are mad.

I teach that all men are mad.

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Men cease to think when they think they know it all.

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Subdue your passion or it will subdue you

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

It is your concern when your neighbor's wall is on fire.

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Instead of forming new words I recommend to you any kind of artful management by...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor. One must exercise proper deliberation,...

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

A word once uttered can never be recalled.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.