Quintilian

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. ↗

— Quintilian

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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. ↗

— Quintilian

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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. ↗

— Quintilian

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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. ↗

— Quintilian

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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. ↗

— Quintilian

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Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. ↗

— Quintilian

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

— Quintilian

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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. ↗

— Quintilian

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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake. ↗

— Quintilian

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Verse satire indeed is entirely our own. ↗

— Quintilian

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