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"That would have made Quintilian stare and gasp."
On the Detraction which followed upon my writing certain Treatises.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"We give to necessity the praise of virtue."
Institutiones Oratoriæ, i. 8, 14.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A liar should have a good memory."
Institutiones Oratoriæ, iv. 2, 91.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Vain hopes are often like the dreams of those who wake."
Institutiones Oratoriæ, vi. 2, 30.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish."
Institutiones Oratoriæ, x. 7, 21.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain