Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
QUINTILIANWhile we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
More Quintilian Quotes
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For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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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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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
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It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
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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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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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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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Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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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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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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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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One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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