Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
QUINTILIANThe mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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