Author: Quintilian

Quotes

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

- 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

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

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

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

- 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

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

- Quintilian

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

- Quintilian

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

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

- Quintilian

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