Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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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 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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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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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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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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