Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
QUINTILIANSatiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
QUINTILIANWe excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
QUINTILIANThat which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
QUINTILIANThough ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
QUINTILIANConscience is a thousand witnesses.
QUINTILIANAn evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
QUINTILIANThe obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
QUINTILIANBy writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
QUINTILIANAmbition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
QUINTILIANWhile we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
QUINTILIANIt is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
QUINTILIANFor comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
QUINTILIANIf you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
QUINTILIANThe learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
QUINTILIANThe pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
QUINTILIANIt is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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