48 quotes
male given name
“A picture is a poem without words.”
"He has half the deed done who has made a beginning."
on Inspirational
"When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles."
on Wisdom
"Natales grate numeras?(Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)"
on Gratitude
"Fools through false shame conceal their open wounds."
"Captive Greece captured her rude conqueror"
on History
"Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.(Pluck the day [for it is ripe], trusting as little as possible in tomorrow.)"
on Motivation
"Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen"
"Saepa stilum vertas, iterum quae digna legi sint scripturas. (Turn the stylus [to erase] often if you would write something worthy of being reread.)"
on Writing
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."
"The more difficulties one has to encounter, within and without, the more significant and the higher in inspiration his life will be."
on Resilience
"In adversity remember to keep an even mind."
on Mindfulness
"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think."
on Philosophy
"Capture your reader, let him not depart, from dull beginnings that refuse to start"
"He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."
"False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse."
on Critical Thinking
"Pale Death with impartial tread beats at the poor man's cottage door and at the palaces of kings."
on Death
"Rule your mind or it will rule you."
on Self Control
"Dare to begin! He who postpones living rightly is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses."
"Adversity reveals genius prosperity conceals it."
"Whatever advice you give be short."