Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
QUINTILIANA man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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