Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
QUINTILIANBy writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
More Quintilian Quotes
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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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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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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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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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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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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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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