A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
QUINTILIANSatiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
More Quintilian Quotes
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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A liar must have a good memory.
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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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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Medicine for the dead is too late.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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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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The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
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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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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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