Quotes by Quintilian

“Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.”

“A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person”

“There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.”

“We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.”

“It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.”

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

“A liar should have a good memory.”

“In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.”

“While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.”

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

“The perfection of art is to conceal art.”

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

“When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.”

“Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.”

“If you direct your whole thought to work itself none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.”

“The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.”

“If you direct your whole thought to work itself none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.”

“Falsa enim est querela, paucissimis hominibus vim percipiendi quae tradantur esse concessam, plerosque vero laborem ac tempora tarditate ingenii perdere. Nam contra plures reperias et faciles in ex...”

“Laudem virtutis necessitati damus.”

“Atque eam natura ipsa videtur ad tolerandos facilius labores velut muneri nobis dedisse, si quidem et remigem cantus hortatur; nec solum in iis operibus in quibus plurium conatus praeeunte aliqua i...”