Lately we have had many losses.
QUINTILIANVerse satire indeed is entirely our own.
More Quintilian Quotes
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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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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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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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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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