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Quintilian
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"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."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Teacher
"God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Nature
"The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Nature
"Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Men
"When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Hope
"To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Imagination
"A liar should have a good memory."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Good
"Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Food
"In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Experience
"Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake."
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Quintilian
Topic(s):
Dreams
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