"In almost everything, experience is more valuable than……" — Quintilian
"In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept."
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76 Quotes by Quintilian
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Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.
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A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely…
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A liar ought to have a good memory.
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Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
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In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.
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A great part of art consists in imitation. For the whole conduct of life is based on this: that what…
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.
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Prune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify…
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Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
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One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.
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More Almost Everything Quotes
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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
— William Ellery Channing
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When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.
— Winston Churchill
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Almost everything is double like that for adolescents; their lies are true and their truths are lies, and their hearts…
— Ursula K. Le Guin
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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The man who discovers a new scientific truth has previously had to smash to atoms almost everything he had learnt,…
— Jose Ortega y Gasset
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When hiring key employees, there are only two qualities to look for: judgement and taste. Almost everything else can be…
— John W. Gardner
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Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
— Regina Brett
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The idea of man as the dominant mammal of the earth whose whole behaviour tends to be dominated by his…
— Frank Macfarlane Burnet
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The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything.
— Warren Buffett
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A student brings something to discuss, saying, "I don't know whether this is really good, or whether I should throw…
— William Stafford
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Remember that almost everything looks better after a good night's sleep.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Being relaxed, at peace with yourself, confident, emotionally neutral loose, and free-floating - these are the keys to successful performance…
— Wayne Dyer
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