When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.... -Quintilian

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When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

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Quintilian Quotes to Explore

Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune....
Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be....
A liar should have a good memory....
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....
Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite....
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination....
When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield....
The perfection of art is to conceal art....
In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept....

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There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but ...
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. But from the beginning,...
Never say never, but the thought of electively cutting oneself is beyond my grasp, and I also object to it politically. Denying the lines on our faces...
Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated f...
The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb....
I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorg...
What I lack in energy, I have in wisdom....
My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me....
If an idea is indeed sensible, it will eventually become just part of the accepted wisdom....
After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show inst...