Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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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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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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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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