Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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 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...

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

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...

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.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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