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Quintilian Quotes: Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.
         

Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.


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Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.



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This page presents the quote "Those who wish to appear learned to fools, appear as fools to the learned.". Author of this quote is Quintilian. This quote is about fool, wish, hypocrisy,.