One is not exposed to danger who, even when in safety is always on their guard.

Quote by Publilius Syrus

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Never promise more than you can perform.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

Some remedies are worse than the disease.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.

There is a great difference between being born wise and only looking it.

Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom

Delay is hateful, but it gives wisdom

Where there is unity there is always victory.

Where there is unity there is always victory.

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

Every day should be passed as if it were to be our last.

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 man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap

He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

Confidence, like the soul, never returns whence it has once departed

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

No one knows what he can do until he tries.

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death

As men, we are all equal in the presence of death

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

Pain forces even the innocent to lie.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

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...

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.

To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.