Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
QUINTILIANA 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.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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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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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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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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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
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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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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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