"It is much easier to try one's hand……" — Quintilian
"It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing."
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Quintilian
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76 Quotes by Quintilian
Quintilian has 76 quotes on this site.
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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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In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards…
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Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
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You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between…
— Hans Bender
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We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there is. No object is served…
— Arnold Bennett
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We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and…
— Alvar Aalto
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The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course…
— Elizabeth Bowen
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Don't give up at half time. Concentrate on winning the second half.
— Bear Bryant
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You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on.
— George W. Bush
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Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches…
— Andrew Carnegie
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What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and…
— Benjamin Carson
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If all the rich and all of the church people should send their children to the public schools they would…
— Susan B. Anthony
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Once in his life a man ought to concentrate his mind upon the remembered earth. He ought to give himself…
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