More from Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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

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