Vices are their own punishment

Topics: Vice Quotes

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to...

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to...

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not...

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures....

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Example is the best precept.

Example is the best precept.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.