Random Quotes
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Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need.Titus Maccius Plautus, Epidicus
Practice yourself what you preach.Titus Maccius Plautus, Asinaria
For certain is death for the born
And certain is birth for the dead;
Therefore over the inevitable
Thou shouldst not grieve.Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2
On action alone be thy interest,
Never on its fruits.
Let not the fruits of action be thy motive,
Nor be thy attachment to inaction.Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2
Even though work stops, expenses run on.Cato the Elder, On Agriculture
Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives
I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.Cato the Elder, from Plutarch, Lives
An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.Cato the Elder, from Seneca the Elder, Controversiae
He plants trees to benefit another generation.Caecilius Statius, Synephebi
Enjoy your own life without comparing it with that of another.Marquis de Condorcet