An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
QUINTILIANThat which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
More Quintilian Quotes
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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 laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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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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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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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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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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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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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 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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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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