Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
QUINTILIANThe prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
More Quintilian Quotes
-
-
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
QUINTILIAN -
Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
QUINTILIAN -
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
QUINTILIAN -
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
QUINTILIAN -
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
QUINTILIAN -
That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
QUINTILIAN -
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
QUINTILIAN -
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
QUINTILIAN -
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
QUINTILIAN -
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
QUINTILIAN -
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
QUINTILIAN -
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
QUINTILIAN -
Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
QUINTILIAN -
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
QUINTILIAN -
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
QUINTILIAN