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

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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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...

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 making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity...

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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...

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.

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

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

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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 is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be...

What no wife of a writer understands is that a writer is working when he's...

What no wife of a writer understands is that a writer is working when he's...

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.