The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
QUINTILIANBy writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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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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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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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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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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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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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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