Verse satire indeed is entirely our own.
Quintilian quote When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
Quintilian quote Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
Virtue |
Quintilian quoteNature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.
Nature |
Quintilian quoteWhen we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.
Quintilian quote It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.
Quintilian quote Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.
Quintilian quote 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
Quintilian quote Biography
Roman rhetorician, 35-96
