Author: Quintilian

Quotes

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

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

- Quintilian

A liar should have a good memory.

A liar should have a good memory.

- Quintilian

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

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

- 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

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

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