He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
QUINTILIANA mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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