Best Quintilian Quotes
- Lately we have had many losses. Funny
- A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem Esse
- That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind. Admission
- It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. Arrives
- The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. Admission
- We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand… Him
- While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do. Becomes
- Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming. Becoming
- While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it. Examining
- It is the heart which inspires eloquence. Eloquence
- If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind. Direct
- From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly. Doe
- One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy. Ability
- The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity. Incapacity
- While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost. Begin
- Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it… Accomplishment
- That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. Arrives
- For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason. Appear
- Verse satire indeed is entirely our own. Entirely
- It is easier to do many things than to do one thing continuously for a long time. Continuously
- When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield. Advantage
- It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory. Fitting
- The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body. Body
- A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue. Bought
- He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. Differs