It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
QUINTILIANIn a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
More Quintilian Quotes
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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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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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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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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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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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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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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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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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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