Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
QUINTILIANA liar should have a good memory.
More Quintilian Quotes
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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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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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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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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Usage is the best language teacher.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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A 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.
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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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