Quintilian Quotes

Quintilian Quotes

Quintilian Quotes

Consider the following quotes by Quintilian:

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

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

"Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming."

"A liar should have a good memory."

"Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues."

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

"Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish."

"When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield."

"The perfection of art is to conceal art."