Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return

Quote by Seneca

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A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

When we are well, we all have good advice for those who are ill.

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel:...

Time heals what reason cannot

Time heals what reason cannot

Whom they have injured they also hate

Whom they have injured they also hate

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...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes...

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

He who boasts of his ancestry praises the merits of another

You are your choices.

You are your choices.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

Just as I shall select my ship when I am about to go on a...

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

A great step towards independence is good humored stomach

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of...

If you judge, investigate

If you judge, investigate

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity

I bequest to gain a systematic approach in striving to obtain a respectable employment nomenclature,...

I bequest to gain a systematic approach in striving to obtain a respectable employment nomenclature,...

Opportunity makes the thief

Opportunity makes the thief