Quintilian Quotes

Verse satire indeed is entirely our own. - Quintilian

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian

To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian

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

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues. - Quintilian

Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish. - Quintilian

The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. - Quintilian

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