Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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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.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

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

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

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,...

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...

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.

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.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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.

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 prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

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

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

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