From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
QUINTILIANWe must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
More Quintilian Quotes
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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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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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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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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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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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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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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