Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
QUINTILIANVain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
More Quintilian Quotes
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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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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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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