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The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

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Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.
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Advice Beginning End Proverb
A man who tries to surpass another may perhaps succeed in equaling in not actually surpassing him, but one who merely follows can never quite come up with him: a follower, necessarily, is always behind.
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Equality Follow Himself Man Quite Success
While we are examining into everything we sometimes find truth where we least expected it.
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Examination Expectation Time
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Break Easy Evil Habit Repair Settle
Too exact, and studious of similitude rather than of beauty.
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Beautiful Exact Similar
We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.
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Difficult Excuse Ourselves
To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.
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Criticism Development Imagination Mindset Promise
Lately we have had many losses.
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Late Lose One Liner
Men of quality are in the wrong to undervalue, as they often do, the practise of a fair and quick hand in writing; for it is no immaterial accomplishment.
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Accomplishment Man Quality Value Wrong
Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.
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Afflict Sense Suffering
Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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Appearance Fools Virtue Wisdom
For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.
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Better Born Destruction Dumb Man Neighbor Reason
(Slaughter) means blood and iron.
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Blood Death Iron
A liar must have a good memory.
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Goodness Lying Memories
Although virtue receives some of its excellencies from nature, yet it is perfected by education.
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Excellence Nature Perfection Virtue
He who speaks evil only differs from his who does evil in that he lacks opportunity.
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Evil Himself Opportunity Talk

The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

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