It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
QUINTILIANIt is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
More Quintilian Quotes
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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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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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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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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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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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