While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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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.

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

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

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 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...

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

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...

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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,...

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

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

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.