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Quintilian Quotes
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Famous Quintilian Quotations
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (ca. 35 - ca. 100) was a Roman rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing
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- A liar should have a good memory. Quintilian »
- It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing. Quintilian »
- Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. Quintilian »
- Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming. Quintilian »
- Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. Quintilian »
- Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. Quintilian »
- When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. Quintilian »
- When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield. Quintilian »
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