She abounds with lucious faults.
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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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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