When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
QUINTILIANWhen defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
QUINTILIANFor it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
QUINTILIANGod, 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.
QUINTILIANConsequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
QUINTILIANWhile we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
QUINTILIANHe who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
QUINTILIANGive bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
QUINTILIANNothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
QUINTILIANThe pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
QUINTILIANA 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.
QUINTILIANWithout natural gifts technical rules are useless.
QUINTILIANWe excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
QUINTILIANThat which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
QUINTILIANTo swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
QUINTILIANIt seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
QUINTILIANFear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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