Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.Marcus Fabius Quintilian
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Satire is wholly ours. Satura tota nostra est.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
Marcus Fabius Quintilian
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