From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
QUINTILIANNature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
More Quintilian Quotes
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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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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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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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 must have a good memory.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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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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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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