Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
QUINTILIANShe abounds with lucious faults.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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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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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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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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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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She abounds with lucious faults.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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