For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
QUINTILIANNothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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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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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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