Famous Quotes / Quintilian
10 Quotations by Quintilian
- 1. A liar should have a good memory.
- 2. It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
- 3. Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
- 4. Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
- 5. Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies ...
- 6. That laugther costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
- 7. Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
- 8. Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
- 9. When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
- 10. When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.