The perfection of art is to conceal art.
QUINTILIANThat which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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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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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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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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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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