Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
QUINTILIANFor comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.
More Quintilian Quotes
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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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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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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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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision.
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By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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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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