Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost...

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost...

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity...

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity...

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food,...

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food,...

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void...

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void...

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.