Author: Quintilian

Quotes

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

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

- Quintilian

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

- 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

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

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

- 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

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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