From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
QUINTILIANForbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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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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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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