Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
QUINTILIANA Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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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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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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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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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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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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