Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
QUINTILIANThe learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.
More Quintilian Quotes
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A liar should have a good memory.
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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Usage is the best language teacher.
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That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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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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Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
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It is the heart which inspires eloquence.
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A religion without mystics is a philosophy.
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We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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