Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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...

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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 must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

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

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.

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.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.