Quotes by Quintilian

The following are quotes from Quintilian:

A liar should have a good memory.

It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

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