That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
QUINTILIANWhere evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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