Author: Quintilian

Quotes

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

- Quintilian

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

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

- Quintilian

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

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

- Quintilian

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

- Quintilian

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

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

- Quintilian

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

- Quintilian

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

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

- Quintilian

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

- Quintilian

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

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

- Quintilian

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