He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

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

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

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.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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 must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

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

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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.

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...

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...

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.

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

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