One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
QUINTILIANFrom writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
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Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
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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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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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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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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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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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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest.
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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A liar should have a good memory.
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Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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