Give Me The Boy Who Rouses When He Is Praised, Who Profits When He Is Encouraged And Who Cries When He Is Defeated. Such A Boy Will Be Fired By Ambition; He Will Be Stung By Reproach, And Animated By Preference; Never Shall I Apprehend Any Bad Consequences From Idleness In Such A Boy.

-Quintilian

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Give Me The Boy Who Rouses When

Quintilian

Give Me The Boy Who Rouses When He Is Praised, Who Profits When He Is Encouraged And Who Cries When He Is Defeated. Such A Boy Will Be Fired By Ambition; He Will Be Stung By Reproach, And Animated By Preference; Never Shall I Apprehend Any Bad Consequences From Idleness In Such A Boy.

Topic

Ambition

Boys

Giving

Sayings Designed To Raise A Laugh Are Generally Untrue And Never Complimentary. Laughter Is Never Far Removed From Derision.

Laughter

Laughing

Raises