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...
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It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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