Marcus Fabius Quintilian Quotes

• We give to necessity the praise of virtue.
• A liar should have a good memory.
• Vain hopes are often like the dreams of those who wake.
• Pectus est enim, quod disertos facit.
• Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
• 'We should not write so that it is possible for [the reader] to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.'
• 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.
• Damnant quod non intellegunt.

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