Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
QUINTILIANToo exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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