The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body. - 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. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. - Marcus Fabius Quintilian