About Quintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Latin: [kʷiːntɪliˈaːnʊs]; c. 35 – c. 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician born in Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilian ( kwin-TIL-ee-ən), although the alternate spellings of Quintillian...
More quotations from Quintilian
Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?
The phrase "action speaks louder than words," is most easily proven by a swift kick to the genitals.
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
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