By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly.
QUINTILIANMen, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
More Quintilian Quotes
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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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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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
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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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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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Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune.
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Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
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Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.
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