“In writing are the roots, in writing are the foundations of eloquence; by writing resources are stored up, as it were, in a sacred… — Quintilian Copy Share
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning. — Quintilian Copy Share
It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time. — Quintilian Copy Share
One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. — Quintilian Copy Share
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. — Quintilian Copy Share
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it… — Quintilian Copy Share
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. — Quintilian Copy Share
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. — Quintilian Copy Share
