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> [It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/it-is-much-easier-to-try-one-s-hand-at-many-things-than-to/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

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## More by Quintilian

> [“In writing are the roots, in writing are the foundations of eloquence; by writing resources are stored up, as it were, in a sacred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/in-writing-are-the-roots-in-writing-are-the-foundations-of-eloquence/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/virtue-though-she-gets-her-beginning-from-nature-yet-receives-her/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/vain-hopes-are-like-certain-dreams-of-those-who-wake/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/though-ambition-may-be-a-fault-in-itself-it-is-often-the-mother-of/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/it-is-easier-to-do-many-things-than-to-do-one-thing-continuously-for/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/we-excuse-our-sloth-under-the-pretext-of-difficulty/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/one-thing-however-i-must-premise-that-without-the-assistance-of/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [Medicine for the dead is too late](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/medicine-for-the-dead-is-too-late/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/our-minds-are-like-our-stomaches-they-are-whetted-by-the-change-of/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/a-laugh-costs-too-much-when-bought-at-the-expense-of-virtue/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/the-soul-languishing-in-obscurity-contracts-a-kind-of-rust-or/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/he-who-speaks-evil-only-differs-from-his-who-does-evil-in-that-he/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/that-which-offends-the-ear-will-not-easily-gain-admission-to-the-mind/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/in-almost-everything-experience-is-more-valuable-than-precept/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

> [Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/though-ambition-itself-be-a-vice-yet-it-is-often-times-the-cause-of/)

[Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/)

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