Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
QUINTILIANWrite quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
QUINTILIANIn a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
QUINTILIANBy writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
QUINTILIANForbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
QUINTILIANThough ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
QUINTILIANWe excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
QUINTILIANWhile we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. The opportunity is lost.
QUINTILIANMen 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.
QUINTILIANOne thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.
QUINTILIANThere is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
QUINTILIANStudy depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
QUINTILIANAmbition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
QUINTILIANGive bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
QUINTILIANWhen we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
QUINTILIANWe must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
QUINTILIANFor 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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