A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
QUINTILIANA liar should have a good memory.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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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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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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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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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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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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