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

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

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

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

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.

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.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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.

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...

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

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

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.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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

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

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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.

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.