She abounds with lucious faults.
QUINTILIANIt seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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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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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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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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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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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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A liar should have a good memory.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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