Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Quote by Seneca

Topics: Modesty Quotes

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Economy is too late at the bottom of the purse

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

Light griefs are plaintive , but great ones are dumb

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

Ignorant people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men see it beyond...

The sun also shines on the wicked

The sun also shines on the wicked

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Never give advice - sell it

Never give advice - sell it

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Time discovers truth.

Time discovers truth.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures.

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

True praise comes often even to the lowly; false praise only to the strong.

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

He who forbids not sin when he may, commands it

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do...

Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man.

Nothing more detestable does the earth produce than an ungrateful man.

Allah does not bless usury, and He causes charitable deeds to prosper, and Allah does...

Allah does not bless usury, and He causes charitable deeds to prosper, and Allah does...