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

Quote by Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

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

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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.