Lately we have had many losses.
QUINTILIANThose who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
More Quintilian Quotes
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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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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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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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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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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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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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