Lois Capps
American politician
About the Quintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianuswas 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 (), although the alternate spellings of Quintillian and Quinctilian are occasionally seen, the latter in older texts.
15 Quotes by Quintilian
- 1.
It is much easier to try one’s hand at many things than to concentrate one’s powers on one thing.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 2.
It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy’s mind from effort.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 3.
A liar should have a good memory.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 4.
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 6.
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 7.
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 8.
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 9.
For the mind is all the easier to teach before it is set.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 10.
When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 11.
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 12.
Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 13.
Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 14.
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician
- 15.
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
Quintilian1st century Hispanic-born Roman educator and rhetorician