More from Marcus Fabius Quintilian

  1. Vain hopes are often like the dreams of those who wake.
  2. Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
  3. A liar should have a good memory.
  4. '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.'
  5. We give to necessity the praise of virtue.
  6. It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
  7. Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
  8. Damnant quod non intellegunt.

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