Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
QUINTILIANNothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
More Quintilian Quotes
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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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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The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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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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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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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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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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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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