It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
QUINTILIANStudy depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
More Quintilian Quotes
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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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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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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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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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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