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Quintilian：经典英语语录与格言 - 芙联英语

作者：Quintilian  [全部名言]

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“When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.”
— Quintilian  ·  Defeat
“That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
“Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetites.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
“Nature herself has never attempted to effect great changes rapidly.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
“Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
“It is much easier to try one's hand at many things than to concentrate one's powers on one thing.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
“Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
“When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
“A liar should have a good memory.”
— Quintilian  ·  Lies
“Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.”
— Quintilian  ·  Wisdom
“The perfection of art is to conceal art.”
— Quintilian  ·  No category
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