Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
QUINTILIANA liar ought to have a good memory.
More Quintilian Quotes
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He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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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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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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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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A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
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For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
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