The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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

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

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.

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.

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 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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.