For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
QUINTILIANIt is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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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 liar must have a good memory.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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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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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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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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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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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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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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