"That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes." — Quintilian

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• This veridic nose arrives everywhere a quarter of an hour before its master. Ten shoemakers, good round fat ones too,… — Cyrano de Bergerac
• Autumn arrives in early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day. — Elizabeth Bowen
• Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but… — Barbara Holland
• By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'. — Miguel de Cervantes
• Those who came to the United States didn't realize they were white until they got here. They were told they… — Cornel West
• There are strange moments in life when the mind rests without any kind of worries. When our mind is quiet,… — Samael Aun Weor
• ...as soon as we examine suicide from the standpoint of religion we immediately see it in its true light. We… — Immanuel Kant
• How interesting it would be to write the story of the experiences in this life of a man who killed… — Leo Tolstoy
• Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity. — Samuel Johnson
• Age seldom arrives smoothly or quickly. It's more often a succession of jerks. — Jean Rhys
• Some people do wait their whole lives for something, and it's only when that thing arrives that they find out… — Jane Smiley
• Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

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