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

It is the heart which inspires eloquence. — Quintilian

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. — Quintilian

For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set. — Quintilian

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. — Quintilian

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. — Quintilian

The perfection of art is to conceal art. — Quintilian

Let us never adopt the maxim, Rather lose our friend than our jest. — Quintilian

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune. — Quintilian

A religion without mystics is a philosophy. — Quintilian

While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do. — Quintilian

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing. — Quintilian

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power. — Quintilian

Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature. — Quintilian

Conscience is a thousand witnesses. — Quintilian

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless. — Quintilian

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. — Quintilian

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly. — Quintilian

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion. — Quintilian

To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination. — Quintilian

A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what we admire in others we want to do ourselves. — Quintilian

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake. — Quintilian

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. — Quintilian

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. — Quintilian

Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering. — Quintilian

One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. — Quintilian

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. — Quintilian

Sayings designed to raise a laugh are generally untrue and never complimentary. Laughter is never far removed from derision. — Quintilian

Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue. — Quintilian

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming. — Quintilian

Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned. — Quintilian

The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body. — Quintilian

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost. — Quintilian

A liar ought to have a good memory. — Quintilian

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand. — Quintilian

Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning. — Quintilian

It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time. — Quintilian

She abounds with lucious faults. — Quintilian

The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure. — Quintilian

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. — Quintilian

Usage is the best language teacher. — Quintilian

Lately we have had many losses. — Quintilian

By writing quickly we are not brought to write well, but by writing well we are brought to write quickly. — Quintilian

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

It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. — Quintilian

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own. — Quintilian

While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it. — Quintilian

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason. — Quintilian

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. — Quintilian

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune. — Quintilian

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end. — Quintilian

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone. — Quintilian

Medicine for the dead is too late — Quintilian

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide. — Quintilian

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort. — Quintilian

Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.
[Lat., Continuis voluptatibus vicina satietas.] — Quintilian

That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind. — Quintilian

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. — Quintilian

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. — Quintilian

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. — Quintilian

A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much. — Quintilian

It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory. — Quintilian

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues. — Quintilian

If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind. — Quintilian

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity. — Quintilian

A liar should have a good memory. - Quintilian, Institutions Oratoriae, iv. 2, 91 — Jodi Picoult

For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience. — Quintilian

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. — Quintilian

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it. — Quintilian

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. — Quintilian

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. — Quintilian

The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity. — Quintilian

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. — Quintilian

In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion. — Quintilian

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. — Quintilian

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. — Quintilian