To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
QUINTILIANMen, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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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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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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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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