Shy and unready men are great betrayers of secrets: for there are few wants more urgent for the moment than the want of something to say

Quote by Henry Taylor

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Men Quotes

The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.

The hope, and not the fact, of advancement, is the spur to industry.

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the...

He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the...

The world knows nothing of its greatest men.

The world knows nothing of its greatest men.

Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands...

Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands...

Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others.

Conscience is, in most men, an anticipation of the opinions of others.

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear...

No siren did ever so charm the ear of the listener as the listening ear...

Where there are large powers with little ambition, nature may be said to have fallen...

Where there are large powers with little ambition, nature may be said to have fallen...