By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
QUINTILIANFor comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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