He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
QUINTILIANConscience is a thousand witnesses.
More Quintilian Quotes
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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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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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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