Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
QUINTILIANFrom writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
More Quintilian Quotes
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
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The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
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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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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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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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Usage is the best language teacher.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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