Institutes of Oratory

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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.

Quintilian

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Topic

Variety

Author

Quintilian

Source

Institutes of Oratory

Language

Latin

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Citation

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