What did Quintilian mean by: Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming. - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain Copy
+ A Woman who is generous with her money is to be praised; not so, if she is generous with her person Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Generous, Persons, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Grows, Procrastination, Too Late, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Quality, Students, Teaching, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Easier, Hands, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. Feraz Zeid, October 5, 2023December 26, 2023, Quintilian, Defeat, Hard Work, Yield, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Writing, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ Fear of the future is worse than one’s present fortune. Feraz Zeid, October 11, 2023December 26, 2023, Quintilian, Fear, Fortune, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Art, Pleasure, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
You can consider this carved in stone: I rule out becoming Herman Van Rompuy’s successor. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person [becoming a mother]. - Jennifer Lopez Singer · USA
The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
We must be cruel as well as compassionate: let us guard against becoming poorer than nature is! Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
