Quintilian Quotes about Life

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We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Life, Sloth, Excuse

"Institutio Oratoria". Textbook by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, I. 12,

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Life, Fortune, Fear Of The Future

"De Institutione Oratoria", XII. 5, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 289-93, 1922.

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

Life, Food, Mind

Quintilian (1805). “Quinctilian's Institutes of Eloquence: Or, The Art of Speaking in Public, in Every Character and Capacity”, p.59