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Quintilian quotes

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Quintilian quote: "When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield."
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "Reading is the least laborious of all the tasks that fall to..."
Reading is the least laborious of all the tasks that fall to the student's lot. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not..."
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "The perfection of art is to conceal art."
The perfection of art is to conceal art. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the..."
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination. 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
Quintilian quote: "Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the..."
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem..."
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune."
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin,..."
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily..."
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to..."
It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing. 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
Quintilian quote: "While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth..."
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it. Quintilian
Quintilian quote: "It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever..."
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. Quintilian

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