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
mind easier teach
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
teacher learning pride
For all the best teachers pride themselves on having a large number of pupils and think themselves worthy of a bigger audience.
teacher boys effort
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.
teaching quality students
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.
teacher language usage
Usage is the best language teacher.
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
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.