Minds that are stupid and incapable of science are in the order of nature to be regarded as monsters and other extraordinary phenomena; minds of this sort are rare. Hence I conclude that there are great resources to be found in children, which are suffered to vanish with their years. It is evident, therefore, that it is not of nature, but of our own negligence, we ought to complain.
QuintilianWrite quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.
QuintilianIt is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will first attempt to imitate.
QuintilianPrune what is turgid, elevate what is commonplace, arrange what is disorderly, introduce rhythm where the language is harsh, modify where it is too absolute.
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