A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
QUINTILIANWithout natural gifts technical rules are useless.
More Quintilian Quotes
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A liar should have a good memory.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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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.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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