"The prosperous can not easily form a right…" — Quintilian
"The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery."
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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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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from…
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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
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But human beings fall easily into despair, and from the very beginning we invented stories that enabled us to place…
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Real knowledge, like everything else of value, is not to be obtained easily. It must be worked for, studied for,…
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Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.
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I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me.
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I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to…
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Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you…
— Francis Bacon
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I think love can come fairly easily and grow - but really liking the core essence of someone is a…
— Eric Bana
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The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the…
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When I think about moguls, I think like Donald Trump who... owns NYC practically. That's a mogul. I feel like…
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Sequestration is leverage that should not be given up easily.
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