A liar should have a good memory. Quintilian
A liar should have a good memory.
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. Quintilian
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. Quintilian
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost. Quintilian
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost.
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. Quintilian
A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set. Quintilian
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. Quintilian
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. Quintilian
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
The perfection of art is to conceal art. Quintilian
The perfection of art is to conceal art.
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory. Quintilian
It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. Quintilian
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. Quintilian
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. Quintilian
That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. Quintilian
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
