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Too Quotes by Quintilian
- Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.
- While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
- A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.
- It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from…
- Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
- A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
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