What did Quintilian mean by: Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain Copy
Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quintilian, Education, Motivation, Willpower, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
Virtue, though she gets her beginning from nature, yet receives her finishing touches from learning. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quintilian, Learning, Nature, Virtue, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quintilian, Sensory, Suffering, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quintilian, Genius, Growth, Maturity, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ It is fitting that a liar should be a man of good memory. Author, November 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Quintilian, Deception, Integrity, Memory, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. Author, June 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Quintilian, fragility, Perfection, Timing, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Quintilian, Actions, Gossip, Intentions, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ While we ponder when to begin, it becomes too late to do. Author, July 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Quintilian, Action, Procrastination, Regret, 0 Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
The skin of all of us is responsive to gypsy songs and military marches. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I feel very at home in an empty church. I feel the most protected. It’s very mystical. Jean Dujardin Actor · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia
The music teacher came twice a week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin. George Ade Writer · USA
