Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
QUINTILIANWhile we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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