"Without natural gifts technical rules are useless." — Quintilian
"Without natural gifts technical rules are useless."
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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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Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.
— Francis of Assisi
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Debt is part of the human condition. Civilization is based on exchanges - on gifts, trades, loans - and the…
— Margaret Atwood
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Each day provides its own gifts.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.
— Richard Bach
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Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
— Richard Bach
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in…
— Honore de Balzac
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Women of this planet need some essential resources: wells, seeds and roads. That is primarily all we have ever needed.…
— Roseanne Barr
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The old and honorable idea of 'vocation' is simply that we each are called, by God, or by our gifts,…
— Wendell Berry
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Of all the gods only death does not desire gifts.
— Aeschylus
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Thanks to my mother, not a single cardboard box has found its way back into society. We receive gifts in…
— Erma Bombeck
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Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers.
— Garth Brooks
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Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The…
— James Broughton
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