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

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.

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.

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,...

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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...

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

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

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

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

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

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.

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

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

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

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

God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with...

God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with...

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.