Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Self Deprecating Quotes

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Pollio, who values nothing that's within, Buys books as men hunt Beavers, -- for their...

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

He that's secure is not safe.

He that's secure is not safe.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of...

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of...

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

We must hang together, or surely we shall hang separately.

He that takes a wife, takes care

He that takes a wife, takes care

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part...

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is...

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Lying rides upon debt's back.

Fatigue is the best pillow

Fatigue is the best pillow

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...