Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

It is a bad plan that admits of no modification.

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double...

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion, just like science has a double...

We die as often as we lose a friend.

We die as often as we lose a friend.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them

A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar, what makes you come so soon? You...

A diller, a dollar, a ten o'clock scholar, what makes you come so soon? You...

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

Good health and good sense are two of life's greatest blessings.

It is bad advice that cannot be altered

It is bad advice that cannot be altered

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

An angry father is most cruel towards himself.

They live ill who expect to live always

They live ill who expect to live always

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.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent..

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent..

Successful guilt is the bane of society

Successful guilt is the bane of society

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

God looks at the clean hands, not the full ones.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.

A beautiful face is a mute recommendation.