Quotes by Quintilian

That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

#Laughter

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.

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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

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To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical...

#Quintilian

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

#Quintilian

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the...

#Quintilian

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults...

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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will...

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It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's...

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