God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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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...

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.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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,...

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...

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions...

I consider nature a vast chemical laboratory in which all kinds of composition and decompositions...

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise....

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.