A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves.
QUINTILIANThose who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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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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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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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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