"Let no one be willing to speak ill of the absent."

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Source : "Elegies, II". Book by Sextus Propertius, c. 24 B.C.

Propertius

#Speech Quotes #Speak Quotes #Absence Quotes

“On this path let the heart be your guide.”
“Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.”
“There was so much goodness in my life. So much happiness. I wondered whether I deserved any of it.”
“They (the youth of Australia) are out there clamouring in all forms of voice, and they are not so much hedging us older Australians aside as saying, 'For heaven's sake, listen to us and empower us to help drive this country towards a wonderful future.'”
“But I wasn't a bad girl. I don't want to be forgotten. I want people to remember me.”
“I believe that our Great Maker is preparing the world, in His own good time, to become one nation, speaking one language, and when armies and navies will be no longer required.”
“Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed.”
“Blindness enhanced my spiritual life.”

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