The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice. – Quintilian
It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate. – Quintilian
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it. – Quintilian
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire. – Quintilian
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite. – Quintilian
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor. – Quintilian
The gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body. – Quintilian
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. – Quintilian
As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone. – Quintilian
