Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c. 35 – c. 100) was a Roman rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing.
The perfection of art is to conceal art. Use this quote
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake. Use this quote
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. Use this quote
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. Use this quote
A liar should have a good memory. Use this quote
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination. Use this quote
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield. Use this quote
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. Use this quote
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body. Use this quote
God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech. Use this quote
