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.
QUINTILIANForbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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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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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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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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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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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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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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