A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling inot actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
QuintilianFrom writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
QuintilianThe gifts of nature are infinite in their variety, and mind differs from mind almost as much as body from body.
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