What did Quintilian mean by: That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes. - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain Copy
+ The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. Feraz Zeid, January 14, 2024January 14, 2024, Quintilian, Brilliant, Excellent, Faults, 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
+ He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Evil, Opportunity, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ Without natural gifts technical rules are useless. Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Quintilian, Natural, Useless, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ Ambition is a vice, but it may be the father of virtue. Feraz Zeid, October 24, 2023December 26, 2023, Quintilian, Ambitious, Father, Vices, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ There is no one who would not rather appear to know than to be taught. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, Quintilian, Pride, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming. Feraz Zeid, August 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Quintilian, Becoming, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
+ We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide. Feraz Zeid, October 11, 2023December 26, 2023, Quintilian, Book, Mind, Reading, 0 - Quintilian Rhetorician · Spain
Producing perfection from imperfection is, after all, the highest of art forms. - Frank Herbert Author · USA
He only moves toward the perfection of his art whose criticism surpasses his achievement. Explain - Leonardo da Vinci Painter · Italy
Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
The age we live in is a busy age; in which knowledge is rapidly advancing towards perfection. Explain - Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
Only gods can safely risk perfection … it’s a dangerous thing for a man. Explain - Frank Herbert Author · USA
The noble woman is half a man, even a complete one. Only their imperfections make them women. Explain - Franz Grillparzer Writer · Austria
All we know is that you are, if you will, the acme of perfection. Explain - Fred Alan Wolf Physicist · USA