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

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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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.

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,...

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.

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

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

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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.

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.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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 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...

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

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

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.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.