Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and… — Quintilian
Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetites.
In the original Latin
Mutatione recreabitur sicut in cibis, quorum diversitate reficitur stomachus et pluribus minore fastidio alitur.
Institutio Oratoria · 95
★ 2.0Provenance
Citation
Quintilian. Institutio Oratoria [Institutes of Oratory]. c. 95 AD, bk. 1, ch. 12, sect. 5.