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
hard-work yield defeat
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
winning yield advantage
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
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.
boys imagination giving
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
father ambition may
Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue.