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Theophrastus quotes: Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

Theophrastus quotes: Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it.

Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it.

Theophrastus quotes: Beauty is a mute deception.

Beauty is a mute deception.

Theophrastus quotes: Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him.

Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about him.

Theophrastus quotes: Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

Theophrastus quotes: An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.

Theophrastus quotes: If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

Theophrastus quotes: The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

Theophrastus quotes: True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.

Theophrastus quotes: Our costliest expenditure is time.

Our costliest expenditure is time.

Theophrastus quotes: The sound of the flute will cure epilepsyand sciatic gout.

The sound of the flute will cure epilepsyand sciatic gout.

Theophrastus quotes: Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

Theophrastus quotes: One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

Theophrastus quotes: I would define boastfulness to be the pretension to good which the boaster does not possess.

I would define boastfulness to be the pretension to good which the boaster does not possess.

Theophrastus quotes: Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.

Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.