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Quintilian. 42-118 a. d.

We give to necessity the praise of virtue.[721:2]

Institutiones Oratoriæ, i. 8, 14.

A liar should have a good memory.[721:3]

Institutiones Oratoriæ, iv. 2, 91.

Vain hopes are often like the dreams of those who wake.[721:4]

Institutiones Oratoriæ, vi. 2, 30.

Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.[721:5]

Institutiones Oratoriæ, x. 7, 21.

Footnotes

[721:2] See Chaucer, page 3.

[721:3] See Sidney, page 264.

[721:4] See Prior, page 288.

[721:5] See Pope, page 332.

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