A liar ought to have a good memory.
QUINTILIANMen, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
More Quintilian Quotes
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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