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
father men names
Give bread to a stranger, in the name of the universal brotherhood which binds together all men under the common father of nature.
song men rude
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.
men trying may
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.
men sudden-change fortune
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
men honorable-man becoming
To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit.]
writing men hands
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
men should-have dumb
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
powerful character men
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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.