Quintilian Quotes about Opportunity

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An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Opportunity, Evil, Want

"De Institutione Oratoria" by Marcus Fabius Quintilianus as reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations, p. 244-45., 1922.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

Opportunity, Mind, Lost

He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.

Opportunity, Evil, Doe