That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.


Quintilian

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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Everything passes, everything perishes, everything palls.
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everything changes, nothing perishes
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All things change; nothing perishes
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The word that is heard perishes, but the letter that is written remains.
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Everything passes, everything perishes, everything palls.
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Whoever turns away from truth perishes.
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KYLIE CLEM
Inspiration always arrives unannounced.
VANNA BONTA
As soon as I have got flying to perfection, I have got a scheme about a steam engine.
ADA LOVELACE
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Adulthood is accretive by nature, a thing which arrives in ragged stages and uneven overlaps.
STEPHEN KING
Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
NICOLAS CHAMFORT
Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
SEBASTIAN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT
Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
SEBASTIEN CHAMFORT
Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life
CHAMFORT
It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.
MARQUIS DE SADE
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CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH
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WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success.
SAMUEL BUTLER
Over time, repetition brings perfection, which brings success.
RAJEN JANI
The rate at which the ocean is absorbing carbon will soon decrease.
JAMES ZACHOS
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MICHAEL CHAMBERS
Omnia mutantur, nihil interit (everything changes, nothing perishes).
OVID
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G. WILHELM LEIBNIZ
He dies twice who perishes by his own weapons.
UNKNOWN
From the disease of one the whole flock perishes.
UNKNOWN
One arrives at style only with atrocious effort, with fanatical and devoted stubbornness.
GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
Perfection is a stick with which to beat the possible.
REBECCA SOLNIT
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.
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HASHIM THACI
Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
ELIZABETH BOWEN
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
By the street of By and By, one arrives at the house of Never
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow
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ALEX NOBLE
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BILLY BRAGG
Continuous Improvement is the way which always heads towards the Perfection.
YOGESH CHAUHAN
A beautiful body perishes, but a work of art dies not.
LEONARDO DA VINCI
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MARIA MONTESSORI
Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.
ELIZABETH BOWEN
I would much rather that the sirens go off maybe a little prematurely than not.
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BRUNO WALTER
Here is a very simple strategy of life: When the train arrives at the station, be at the station!
MEHMET MURAT ILDAN
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FRANCIS BACON SR.
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RALPH WALDO EMERSON
A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.
CYRANO DE BERGERAC
A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.
EDMOND ROSTAND
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True love does not die prematurely, it dies of old age...
PHILIP T. M.
Once an invasive species arrives, it's about impossible to get rid of it.
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KAHLIL GIBRAN
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AVINA CELESTE
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REINHOLD NIEBUHR
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EDEN HAZARD
Live life in discipline or indiscipline will make you leave life prematurely.
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ALEXANDRA KATEHAKIS
When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself
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ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH
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ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH
Success, or failure, very often arrives on wings that seem mysterious to us.
DR. MARCUS BACH
We know that when spring arrives, it's not the end of the troubles.
CAROLINE CHAUMONT
Success, or failure, very often arrives on wings that seem mysterious to us.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
QUINTILIAN
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather t...
QUINTILIAN
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
QUINTILIAN
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
QUINTILIAN
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body...
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at time...
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is ...
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies...
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather t...
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body...
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at time...
QUINTILIAN
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is ...
QUINTILIAN
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies...
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
QUINTILIAN
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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A liar should have a good memory.
QUINTILIAN
That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no chara...
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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barr...
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Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies ...
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
QUINTILIAN
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
QUINTILIAN
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
QUINTILIAN
It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
QUINTILIAN
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue
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A liar should have a good memory
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That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency
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While we deliberate about beginning it is all ready too late to begin
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
QUINTILIAN
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
QUINTILIAN
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish
QUINTILIAN
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict ...
QUINTILIAN
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
QUINTILIAN
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. [Lat., Difficultas patrocinia praeteximus seg...
QUINTILIAN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN)
For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason. [Lat., Nam et S...
QUINTILIAN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN)
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you re...
QUINTILIAN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN)
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. [Lat., Frangas enim,...
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. [Lat., Nam in omnibus fere minus v...
QUINTILIAN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN)
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end. [Lat., Deficit omne quod nascitur.]
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserar...
QUINTILIAN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN)
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick h...
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If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in th...
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi...
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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and prec...
QUINTILIAN (MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN)
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. [Lat., Etiam singulor...
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather ...
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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN
Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body...
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIAN