Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
QUINTILIANFrom writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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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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A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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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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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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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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Lately we have had many losses.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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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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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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