Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is, therefore, nothing more profitless than ambition.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend. - Theophrastus
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
- Theophrastus
Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him. - Theophrastus
Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him.
Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is,… - Theophrastus
Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is,…
The sound of the flute will cure epilepsyand sciatic gout. - Theophrastus
The sound of the flute will cure epilepsyand sciatic gout.
Beauty is a mute deception. - Theophrastus
Beauty is a mute deception.
An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle. - Theophrastus
An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.
Our costliest expenditure is time. - Theophrastus
Our costliest expenditure is time.
Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses. - Theophrastus
Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.
True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation. - Theophrastus
True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.
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