04c. 80 ADThose who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.Quintilian / quote ↗
07c. 80 ADHe who stabs you in the dark with a pen would do the same with a penknife, were he equally safe from detection and the law.Quintilian / quote ↗
08c. 80 ADOther parts of the body assist the speaker, but these speak themselves. By them we ask, we promise, we invoke, we dismiss, we threaten, we entreat, we deprecate; we express fear, joy, grief, our doubts, our assent, our penitence; we show moderation, profusion; we mark number and time.Quintilian / quote ↗
09c. 80 ADIf you direct your whole thought to work itself none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.Quintilian / quote ↗
10c. 80 ADThe obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.Quintilian / quote ↗
11c. 80 ADIt 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.Quintilian / quote ↗
12c. 80 ADOur minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.Quintilian / quote ↗
14c. 80 ADWhile we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.Quintilian / quote ↗
15c. 80 ADTo my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.Quintilian / quote ↗
17c. 80 ADMen, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.Quintilian / quote ↗
