104 Quotes by Quintilian

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

There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught.

In writing are the roots, in writing are the foundations of eloquence; by writing resources are stored up, as it were, in a sacred repository, when they may be drawn forth for sudden emergencies, or as circumstances require.

We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

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.

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

The perfection of art is to conceal art.

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