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

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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...

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.

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

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

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

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.

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

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

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

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.

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,...

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.

It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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

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

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

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

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks...

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks...

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.

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

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