A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
QUINTILIANIt seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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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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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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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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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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