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

In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit.

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Too exact, and rather studious of similitude than of beauty.

For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.

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

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

In Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922)

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