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Category: Quintilian

In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept.

Precept, Everything, Almost

A liar should have a good memory.

Memory, Liar, Should

Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.

Change, Minds, Like

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.

Effort, Mind, Boy

The obscurity of a writer is generally in proportion to his incapacity.

writers, writing