# Quintilian — On the Art of Writing character guide

> Quintilian in On the Art of Writing by Arthur Quiller-Couch.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0003-lecture-i-inaugural

## Who they are

Roman rhetorician cited on education and style.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/on_the_art_of_writing_se/chapters/endnotes)

Quoted on the decorum of oratory, noting that an oration may admit almost any word except indecent ones.

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