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Quintilian Quotes: We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
         

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.


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This page presents the quote "We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.". Author of this quote is Quintilian. This quote is about life, sloth, difficulty, excuse, pretext,.