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Marcus Fabius Quintilian Quotes

«We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.»
«We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.»
«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.»
«The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body»
«It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian | Keywords: fitting
«Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.»
«Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian | Keywords: mended
«Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.»
«Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.»
«Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.»

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