“Men of great conversational powers almost universally practise a sort of lively sophistry and exaggeration which deceives for the moment both themselves and their auditors.” MenMomentsConversationDeceivingLivelyExaggerationPractiseSophistryAuditors Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.” MenWritingHandsQualityFairsAccomplishmentPractise Book:Quintilian's institutes of eloquence ... Source: Quintilian's institutes of eloquence ...