Quintilian
Quintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianuswas a Roman rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian, although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen, the latter in older texts...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionEducator
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To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
procrastination too-late grows
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
work eye mind
If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
reading book mind
We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.
training speech impressive
A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.
father pregnancy parent
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
father ambition may
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.
dating faults
She abounds with lucious faults.
faults brilliant excellent
The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
maturity genius happens
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.
ideas misery form
The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
finishing virtue finishing-touches
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning.
soul rust obscurity
The soul languishing in obscurity contracts a kind of rust, or abandons itself to the chimera of presumption; for it is natural for it to acquire something, even when separated from any one.
thousand witness conscience
Conscience is a thousand witnesses.