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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.

Quintilian

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
QUINTILIAN

Ourselves Verse
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
QUINTILIAN

Change Food Fresh Mindset Stomach
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
QUINTILIAN

Assistance Capacity Natural Rule
We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
QUINTILIAN

Impossible Misunderstand Possible Talk Understand
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
QUINTILIAN

Form Mindset Reading Wide
A liar must have a good memory.
QUINTILIAN

Goodness Lying Memories
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
QUINTILIAN

Conscience One Liner Perspective Spirituality
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
QUINTILIAN

Alone Light Man Rude
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
QUINTILIAN

Different Easy Time
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
QUINTILIAN

Appearance Fools Learning
It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
QUINTILIAN

Easy Hand Oneself Power Try
For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
QUINTILIAN

Audience Best Big Pride Teacher Worth
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
QUINTILIAN

Awake Dreams Hope
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
QUINTILIAN

Blood Death Iron
A liar should have a good memory.
QUINTILIAN

Goodness Lying Memory
In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
QUINTILIAN

Crowd Journey Seclusion

Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.

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