By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
QUINTILIANIf you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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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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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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