Quintilian
Quintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianuswas a Roman rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian, although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen, the latter in older texts...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionEducator
too-late pondering late
While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do.
medicine too-late late
Medicine for the dead is too late
procrastination too-late grows
Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
beginning deliberate late ready
While we deliberate about beginning it is all ready too late to begin
itself though
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
except quotes
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
itself though
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
purchased quotes
A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
among appear seem
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
great-change effects
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
persons ifs generous
A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person
mind easier teach
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
fortune fear-of-the-future
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
opportunity evil want
An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.