He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
-- Publius Syrus (42 BC)
-- Maxim 77
-- Publius Syrus (42 BC)
-- Maxim 77
Related:
- He knows not when to be silent who knows not when to speak.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - No one knows what he can do till he tries.
-- Publius Syrus (42 BC)
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Maxim... - He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - He who is bent on doing evil can never want occasion.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - He gets through too late who goes too fast.
-- Publius Syrus (42 BC)
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Maxim... - He is truly wise who gains wisdom from another's mishap.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - He who has plenty of pepper will pepper his cabbage.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim...
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- WIT, n. The salt with which the American humorist spoils his
intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's... - It's my understanding that one of the duties of the First Officer on a
Klingon ship is to assassinate the Captain.
"Yes, sir. When and if the Captain becomes weak and... - The wreckage of a bridge (and a dead bear) can be seen
at the bottom of of the chasm... - The coast was clear.
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Michael Drayton (1563-1631) --... - Those who speak know nothing;
Those who know are silent"
These words,
I am told, Were spoken by Lao-tzu. -- P Chu-i (772...
