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We Give To Necessity The Praise Of Virtue.
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We give to necessity the praise of virtue.
-- Quintilian (42-118 AD)
-- Institutiones Oratoriae, i, 8, 14
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A liar should have a good memory.
-- Quintilian (42-118 AD) -- Institutiones Oratoriae, i, iv, 2, 91...
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
-- Quintilian (42-118 AD) -- Institutiones Oratoriae, i, x, 7, 21...
Vain hopes are often like the dreams of those who wake.
-- Quintilian (42-118 AD) -- Institutiones Oratoriae, i, vi, 2, 30...
Have in readiness this saying of Solon, "But we will not give up our virtue in exchange for their wealth.
-- Plutarch (46-120 AD) -- How to profit by our Enemie...
Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise. -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- Hymn, Line 118
That it is unwise to be heedless ourselves while we are giving advice to others, I will show in a few lines.
-- Phaedrus (c. 8 A.D.) -- Book i, Fable 9, 1...
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. -- Ovid (43 B.C. - 17 A.D.)
Let others praise ancient times; I am glad I was born in these. Ovid (43 BC - 18 AD)