Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
QUINTILIANSuffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
More Quintilian Quotes
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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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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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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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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
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Lately we have had many losses.
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(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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