He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
QUINTILIANThose who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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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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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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