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Quintilian Quotes

«Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue»
Author: Quintilian | About: Ambition | Keywords: Father of, The Father
«While we deliberate about beginning it is all ready too late to begin»
Author: Quintilian | About: Beginning | Keywords: deliberate
«That laughter costs too much, which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency»
Author: Quintilian | About: Laughter | Keywords: decency, purchased, The Sacrifice
«Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish»
Author: Quintilian | Keywords: Among the
«A liar should have a good memory»
Author: Quintilian
«In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion»
Author: Quintilian | Keywords: banquet, seclusion
«When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.»
Author: Quintilian
«Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.»
Author: Quintilian
«When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.»
Author: Quintilian
«It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.»
Author: Quintilian