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“ To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination. ”

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A liar should have a good memory.

~ Quintilian

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

~ Quintilian

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.

~ Quintilian

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

~ Quintilian