She abounds with lucious faults.
QUINTILIANHe who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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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 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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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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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 excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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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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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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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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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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