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Letter "M" » Marcus Fabius Quintilian Quotes
«To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian
«While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian
«For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.»
«An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.»
«The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian
«Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian
«A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian
«Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian
«He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.»
Author: Marcus Fabius Quintilian
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«Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.»
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