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

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.

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.

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.

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...

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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

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

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.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

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.

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...

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.

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.

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,...

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.

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...

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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.

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

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

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

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