12 quotes by Quintilian

“Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.” — Quintilian

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“Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately when lawful, they do not excite desire.” — Quintilian

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“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

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“The perfection of art is to conceal art.” — Quintilian

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“Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.” — Quintilian

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“In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.” — Quintilian

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“Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.” — Quintilian

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“Our minds are like our stomaches they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.” — Quintilian

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“When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.” — Quintilian

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“To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.” — Quintilian

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“The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.” — Quintilian

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“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.” — Quintilian

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