The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.

Quote by Horace

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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mistakes are their own instructors

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.

Make a good use of the present.

Make a good use of the present.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest;...

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy...

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate,...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.

Don't think, just do.

Don't think, just do.

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

Whatever your advice, make it brief

Whatever your advice, make it brief

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more...

A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

Money is a handmaiden if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress if thou...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what...

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.