The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
QUINTILIANA religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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