Quintilian Quotes | To swear, except when necessary, is becoming ...

"To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man. [Lat., In totum jurare, nisi ubi necesse est, gravi viro parum convenit.]"

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It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.

— Tacitus

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When a soldier is hit by a cannonball, rags are as becoming as purple.

— Henry David Thoreau

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