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A liar should have a good memory.

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria

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Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 4, ch. 1, sect. 91.

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We give to necessity the praise of virtue.

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Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 1, ch. 8, sect. 14.

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For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.

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Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 10, ch. 7, sect. 15.

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

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Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 1, ch. 12, sect. 5.

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