Adrian Miranda Quotes

Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

Death is not the worst thing; rather, when one who craves death cannot attain even that wish.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

Grief teaches the steadiest minds to waver.

It made our hair stand up in panic fear.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

For God hates utterly The bray of bragging tongues.

How dreadful it is when the right judge judges wrong!

A short saying oft contains much wisdom.

Death is not the worst; rather, in vain To wish for death, and not to compass it.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

It is not righteousness to outrage A brave man dead, not even though you hate him.

I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is best for the State; and as for the man who sets private friendship above the public welfare - I have no use for him either.

Truly, to tell lies is not honorable; but when the truth entails tremendous ruin, To speak dishonorably is pardonable.

Money: There`s nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.

The ideal condition Would be, I admit, that men should be right by instinct; But since we are all likely to go astray, The reasonable thing is to learn from those who can teach.

The end excuses any evil.

To him who is in fear everything rustles.

Numberless are the world`s wonders, but none More wonderful than man.

No man loves life like him that`s growing old.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

What you cannot enforce, do not command.

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune`s wayward tyranny.

Show me the man who keeps his house in hand, He`s fit for public authority.

There is no happiness where there is no wisdom; No wisdom but in submission to the gods. Big words are always punished, And proud men in old age learn to be wise.

Stranger in a strange country.

Reason is God`s crowning gift to man.

Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good That lies within their hands, till they have lost it.

Ignorant men don`t know what good they hold in their hands until they`ve flung it away.