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It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing. ↗

— Quintilian

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It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort. ↗

— Quintilian

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Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. ↗

— Quintilian

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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. ↗

— Quintilian

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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. ↗

— Quintilian

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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. ↗

— Quintilian

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

— Quintilian

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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. ↗

— Quintilian

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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. ↗

— Quintilian

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

— Quintilian

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