Quotes by Quintilian

A liar should have a good memory. (Quintilian)

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone. (Quintilian)

Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture. (Quintilian)

It is much easier to try ones hand at many things than to concentrate ones powers on one thing. (Quintilian)

It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. (Quintilian)

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boys mind from effort. (Quintilian)

Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly. (Quintilian)

Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming. (Quintilian)

Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetites. (Quintilian)

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency. (Quintilian)