It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
QUINTILIANTo swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
More Quintilian Quotes
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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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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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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.
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While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
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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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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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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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It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
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Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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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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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
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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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Usage is the best language teacher.
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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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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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The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
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The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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