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Quintilian

About Author: Roman rhetorician

Quotes:

  • A liar should have a good memory.

  • Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.

  • When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

  • Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.

  • Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

  • Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.

  • When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.

  • That laugther costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

  • Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetites.

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