104 Quotes by Quintilian

Though ambition may be a fault in itself, it is often the mother of virtues.

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.

A liar ought to have a good memory.

Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.

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

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. [Lat., Licet ipsa vitium sit ambitio, frequenter tamen causa virtutem est.]