quintilian Quotes

“To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.”

“The perfection of art is to conceal art.”

“Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.”

“Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.”

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

“Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful, they do not excite desire.”

“Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.”

“Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.”

“As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.”