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• 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.

  Quintilian

  Soul, Obscurity, Rust

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• The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

  Quintilian

  Faults, Brilliant, Excellent

  Quintilian (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)”, p.1829, Delphi Classics

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• In a crowd, on a journey, at a banquet even, a line of thought can itself provide its own seclusion.

  Quintilian

  Journey, Ideas, Crowds

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• One thing, however, I must premise, that without the assistance of natural capacity, rules and precepts are of no efficacy.

  Quintilian

  Natural, Capacity, Efficacy

  Quintilian (1805). “Quintilian's institutes of eloquence ...”, p.7

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• For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.

  Quintilian

  Teacher, Learning, Pride

  Quintilian (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)”, p.24, Delphi Classics

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• A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person

  Quintilian

  Persons, Ifs, Generous

  Quintilian (2001). “The Orator's Education: Books 3-5”

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• Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.

  Quintilian

  Agriculture, Soil, Students

  Quintilian (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of Quintilian (Illustrated)”, p.17, Delphi Classics

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• She abounds with lucious faults.

  Quintilian

  Dating, Faults

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• (Slaughter) means blood and iron.
  [Lat., Coedes videtur significare sanguinem et ferrum.]

  Quintilian

  War, Mean, Blood

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• Lately we have had many losses.

  Quintilian

  Loss

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• A liar must have a good memory. -Mendacem oportet esse memorem

  Quintilian

  Memories, Liars, Good Memories

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• A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.

  Quintilian

  Men, Trying, Followers

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• From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

  Quintilian

  Writing, Doe, Results

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• It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity.

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  Maturity, Genius, Happens

  Quintilian (1805). “Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence: Or, The Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity”, p.26

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• Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.

  Quintilian

  Satire, Verses

  'Institutio Oratoria' bk. 10, ch. 1, sect. 93 (nostra meaning Roman as opposed to Greek)

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• For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

  Quintilian

  Reason, Comic

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 658-59, De Institutione Oratoria, II. 17. 1, 1922.

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