It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
QUINTILIANTo swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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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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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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