That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
QUINTILIANIt is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
More Quintilian Quotes
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Conscience is a thousand witnesses.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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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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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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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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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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