--- title: "4 Liar Quotes By Quintilian" description: "4 Liar quotes by Quintilian. Plus more from Quintilian and more Liar sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/quintilian-7306_memory_a-liar-should-have-a-good-memory-982850_982850.jpg" --- > [A liar should have a good memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/a-liar-should-have-a-good-memory/) [Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/quintilian-7306_memory_a-liar-should-have-a-good-memory-982850_982850.jpg) > [A liar ought to have a good memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/a-liar-ought-to-have-a-good-memory/) [Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/quintilian-7306_army_a-liar-ought-to-have-a-good-memory-11648_1164883.jpg) > [It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/it-is-fitting-that-a-liar-should-be-a-man-of-good-memory/) [Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0e/quintilian-7306_be-a-man_it-is-fitting-that-a-liar-should-be-a-ma_1746585.jpg) > [A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quintilian/a-liar-must-have-a-good-memory-mendacem-oportet-esse-memorem/) [Quintilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quintilian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/quintilian-7306_good-memories_a-liar-must-have-a-good-memory-mendacem_2490867.jpg) ## Other authors on Liar - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-cassandra-clare-21529.jpg) Cassandra Clare 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/cassandra-clare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-veronica-roth-93385.jpg) Veronica Roth 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/veronica-roth/) - [Mark Twain 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jodi-picoult-50321.jpg) Jodi Picoult 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/jodi-picoult/) - [Jarod Kintz 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-trump-30060.jpg) Donald Trump 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/donald-trump/) ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/liar/quintilian/#itemlist", "name": "4 Liar Quotes By Quintilian", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { 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