In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
QUINTILIANNature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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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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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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