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

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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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,...

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

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

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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.

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.

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

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

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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.

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

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