Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
QUINTILIANToo exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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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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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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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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A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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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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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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