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- A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims
- Better be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims
- I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims
- Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest.
- Sextus Propertius (? - 15 BC), Elegies
- It shouldn't be too much of a surprise that the Internet has evolved into a force strong enough to reflect the greatest hopes and fears of those who use it. After all, it was designed to withstand nuclear war, not just the puny huffs and puffs of politicians and religious fanatics.
- Denise Caruso, (digital commerce columnist, New York Times)
- It is quality rather than quantity that matters.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
- You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
- It is better, of cours, to know useless things than to know nothing.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
- Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
- Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
- In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
- Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD), Natural History
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