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5714 Poet Quotes

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Pray Healthy Mind Body
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The only path to a tranquil life is through virtue.

Path Life Virtue
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When did reason ever direct our desires or our fears?

Reason Direct Desires Fears
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There is nothing worse than words of kindness that lie.

Worse Words Kindness Lie
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When talent fails, indignation writes the verse.

Talent Fails Indignation Verse
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Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.

Rare Indulgence Produces Pleasure
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Luck often raises vulgarity to a high position, to create mirth for the beholders.

Luck Vulgarity Position Beholders
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The love of money grows as the money itself grows.

Love Money Grows
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No other protection is wanting, provided you are under the guidance of prudence.

Protection Guidance Prudence
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Wisdom overcomes fortune.
Wisdom Overcomes Fortune
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No wicked man knows happiness, and least of all the seducer of others.

Wicked Man Happiness Seducer
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Be gentle with the young.

Gentle Young
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Be rich for yourself and poor to your friends.

Rich Yourself Poor Friends
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Luxury destroys more efficiently than war.

Luxury Destroy Efficiently War
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Peace visits not the guilty mind.

Peace Visits Guilty Mind
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Majestic mighty Wealth is the holiest of our gods.

Majestic Wealth Holiest Gods
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To gain a livelihood at the expense of all that makes life worth the having.

Livelihood Expense Life Worth
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The greatest respect is owed to a child.

Greatest Respect Owed Child
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From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.

Disease Flock Perishes
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The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

Wise man Bounds Innocent Desires
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It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

Madness Live Wealthy Die
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A man who has nothing can whistle in a robber's face.

Man Nothing Whistle Robber's
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One path alone leads to a life of peace. The path of virtue.
Path Life Peace Virtue
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Virtue is the only and true nobility.

Virtue True Nobility
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Wisdom triumphs over chance.

Wisdom Triumphs Chance
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The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Dowry Wife Object Attraction
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Death alone discloses how insignificant are the puny bodies of men.

Death Discloses Insignificant Men
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Remorse is the fruit of crime.

Remorse Fruit Crime
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The greatest hardship of poverty is that it tends to make men ridiculous.

Hardship Poverty Men Ridiculous
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One has no protecting power save prudence.

Protecting Power Prudence
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So much greater is our thirst for glory than for virtue.

Greater Thirst Glory Virtue
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Great power which incites great envy, hurls some men to destruction; they are drowned in a long splendid stream of honors.

Power Envy Destruction Honors
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For whoever meditates a crime is guilty of the deed.

Meditate Crime Guilty Deed
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Pleasures are enhanced by a moderate indulgence.

Pleasures Enhanced Moderate Indulgence
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God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

God Beautiful Necessity Love
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A good book is the best of friends, the same today and for ever.

Book Best Friends Today
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Well timed silence has more eloquence than speech.

Timed Silence Eloquence Speech
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Nature is the chart of God, mapping out all His attributes.

Nature God Attributes
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Error is a hardy plant; it flourishes in every soil.

Error Plant Flourishes Soil
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The pen has shaken nations.

Pen Shaken Nations
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Law hath dominion over all things, over universal mind and matter; For there are reciprocities of rights, which no creature can gainsay.

Law Dominion Mind Creature
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Labour is good for a man, bracing up his energies to conquest, And without it life is dull, the man perceiving himself useless

Labour Conquest Life Man
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Travel is a ceaseless fount of surface education, But its wisdom will be simply superficial, if thou add not thoughts to things.

Travel Education Wisdom Thoughts
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Humility is the softening shadow before the stature of Excellence, And lieth lowly on the ground, beloved and lovely as the violet.

Humility Stature Excellence Lovely
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Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

Ridicule Weapon Mind Cowards
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Hatred is the atmosphere of hell.

Hatred Atmosphere Hell
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Power is seldom innocent, and envy is the yokefellow of eminence.

Power Innocent Envy Eminence
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Lies can destroy, but not create.

Lies Destroy Create
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Extravagance is the rich man's pitfall.

Extravagance Rich Pitfall
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Love, a brilliant fire, to gladden or consume.
Love Fire Gladden Consume
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