Share this page: Mendaces memorem esse oportere. Liars need to have good memories. -- Institutio Oratoria Divine Providence has granted this gift to man, that those things which are honest are also the most advantageous. -- Institutio Oratoria The perfection of art is to conceal art. -- Quintilian Medicine for the dead is too late. -- Quintilian When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield. -- Quintilian Though ambition is in itself a vice, it is often the parent of virtues. -- Quintilian Share this page:

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