The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

Topics: Nature Quotes

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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.

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.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek...

Music is the purest form of art... therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in...

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.