In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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

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

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...

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

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

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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.

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.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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.

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.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others...

The writers who have nothing to say, are the ones you can buy, the others...