Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
QUINTILIANA liar ought to have a good memory.
More Quintilian Quotes
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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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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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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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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