A liar should have a good memory.
QUINTILIANA liar should have a good memory.
QUINTILIANSuffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
QUINTILIANA man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
QUINTILIANGive bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
QUINTILIANVain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
QUINTILIANThe gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
QUINTILIANStudy depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
QUINTILIANThose who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
QUINTILIANThe obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
QUINTILIANWhile we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
QUINTILIANWhile we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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.
QUINTILIANIt seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
QUINTILIANThat which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
QUINTILIAN(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
QUINTILIANThe perfection of art is to conceal art.
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