Maxims of Ptahhotep Famous Quotes



"Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting."


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"The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught."
H L Mencken

"Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. the foundation of such a method is love."
Martin Luther King Jr

Nothing quite new is perfect.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

There but for the grace of God go I.
John Bradford

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.
John Quincy Adams

No man is free who is not master of himself.
Epictetus

"Perhaps better we not obscure the idea that happiness and misery, kindness and greed, and good works and bad deeds are within the capacities of us all, not merely a select few."
Barbara Mikkelson

Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.
William Arthur Ward

About the rhinoceros Here is an animal with a hide two feet think and no apparent interest in politics. What a waste.
Randolph Silliman Bourne