We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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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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Lately we have had many losses.
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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.
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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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