We give to necessity the praise of virtue.

laudem virtutis necessitati damus

Quintilian

Institutio Oratoria

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Topic

Necessity Moral theory

Author

Quintilian

Source

Institutio Oratoria

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

95 90s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Rhetorician Writer

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Spain Europe

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Citation

Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 1, ch. 8, sect. 14.

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Time
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Give me chastity and continency—but not yet!

St. Augustine

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Topic
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Author

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Source
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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Augustine of Hippo. Confessiones [Confessions]. c. 398, bk. 8, ch. 7.

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