Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk
Quintilian Author
Gender: Male
Born: Jan 1, 0035
Died: Jan 1, 0100
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was a Roman rhetorician from 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.
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.
fear & future
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
nature
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
imagination
Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
dreams
Our minds are like our stomaches they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
food