For it had been better for men to be born dumb and devoid o… - Quintilian

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For it had been better for men to be born dumb and devoid of reason than to turn the gifts of providence to their mutual destruction.

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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (c. 35 – c. 100), was a Roman rhetorician. His De Institutione Oratoria was widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing.

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Native Name: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus

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Mutos enim nasci et egere omni ratione satius fuisset quam providentiae munera in mutuam perniciem convertere.

So much easier is it to do many things than to do one thing for a long time continuously.

Atque eam natura ipsa videtur ad tolerandos facilius labores velut muneri nobis dedisse, si quidem et remigem cantus hortatur; nec solum in iis operibus in quibus plurium conatus praeeunte aliqua iucunda voce conspirat, sed etiam singulorum fatigatio quamlibet se rudi modulatione solatur.

For it had been better for men to be born dumb and devoid of reason than to turn the gifts of providence to their mutual destruction. - Quintilian

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