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Quintilian

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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.


— Quintilian


#deliberate #grows #how #late #thing

Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.


— Quintilian


#easily #evil #habits #mended #more

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


— Quintilian


#examining #expected #find #into #least

Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.


— Quintilian


#natural #rules #technical #useless #without

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.


— Quintilian


#cannot #hope #we cannot #win #yield

A liar should have a good memory.


— Quintilian


#good memory #liar #memory #should






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Of his personal life little is known. Life
Quintilian was born ca. The emperor does not appear to have taken offence; in the year 90 Quintilian was made tutor of Domitian's two grand-nephews and heirs.

In English translation he is usually referred to as Quintilian although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen the latter in older texts. 35 – c.

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