Quintilian

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end. ↗

— Quintilian

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

— Quintilian

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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech. ↗

— Quintilian

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

— Quintilian

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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty. ↗

— Quintilian

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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. ↗

— Quintilian

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While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin, the opportunity is lost. ↗

— Quintilian

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

— Quintilian

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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

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

— Quintilian

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