For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
QUINTILIANA liar must have a good memory.
More Quintilian Quotes
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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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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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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